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Thistaskshowsthevariousmethodsforcreatinglines:
pointpoint
pointdirection
angle/normaltocurve
tangenttocurve
normaltosurface
bisecting
Italsoshowsyouhowtocreatealineuptoanelement,definethelengthtypeandautomatically
reselectthesecondpoint.
OpentheLines1.CATPartdocument.
Anewlockbutton isavailablebesidestheLinetypetopreventanautomaticchangeofthetype
whileselectingthegeometry.Simplyclickitsothatthelockturnsred .
Forinstance,ifyouchoosethePointPointtype,youarenotabletoselectaline.Mayyouwantto
selectaline,chooseanothertypeinthecombolist.Thestatusofthisbuttonisstoredasthe
defaultvalue:therefore,ifitisredandyoulaunchthesamecommandagainoranothercommand
owningthisbutton,thebuttonwillberedtoo.
Iftheinputisselectedautomatically,whenwechangethetype,theinputwillnotbetransferredto
thenewtype.Forexample,ifweselectPointPointinLinetypeandWorkonsupportisactive,it
isselected
asinputforsupportautomatically.Thissupportfeaturewouldnotbetransferred,ifwechangeline
typetoPointDirection.
Definingthelinetype
PointPoint
1.ClickLine .
TheLineDefinitiondialogboxappears.
2.SelectthePointPointlinetype.
3.Selecttwopoints.
Alineisdisplayedbetweenthetwopoints.
4.Ifneeded,selectasupportsurface.
Inthiscaseageodesiclineiscreated,i.e.goingfromonepointtotheotheraccordingtothe
shortestdistancealongthesurfacegeometry(bluelineintheillustrationbelow).
Ifnosurfaceisselected,thelineiscreatedbetweenthetwopointsbasedontheshortest
distance.
Ifyouselecttwopointsonclosedsurface(acylinderforexample),theresultmaybe
unstable.Therefore,itisadvisedtosplitthesurfaceandonlykeepthepartonwhichthe
geodesiclinewilllie.
5.SpecifytheStartandEndpointsofthenewline,thatisthelineendpointlocationinrelation
tothepointsinitiallyselected.
TheseStartandEndpointsarenecessarilybeyondtheselectedpoints,meaningtheline
cannotbeshorterthanthedistancebetweentheinitialpoints.
6.CheckMirroredextenttocreatealinesymmetricallyinrelationtotheselectedStartand
Endpoints.
Theprojectionsofthe3Dpoint(s)mustalreadyexistontheselectedsupport.
7.ClickOKtocreatetheline.
Theline(identifiedasLine.xxx)isaddedtothespecificationtree.
PointDirection
1.ClickLine .
2.SelectthePointDirectionlinetype.
3.SelectareferencePointandaDirectionline.
Avectorparalleltothedirectionlineisdisplayedatthereferencepoint.
ProposedStartandEndpointsofthenewlineareshown.
4.Ifneeded,selectasupportsurface.Inthiscaseageodesiclineiscreated,i.e.thedirection
ofthe
createdlinecorrespondstotheprojectionofthegivendirectionontothesupport.
5.SpecifytheStartandEndpointsofthenewline.
Thecorrespondinglineappears.
6.ClickOKtocreatetheline.
Theline(identifiedasLine.xxx)isaddedtothespecificationtree.
Angle/Normaltocurve
1.ClickLine .
2.SelecttheAngle/Normaltocurvelinetype.
3.SelectareferenceCurveandaSupportsurfacecontainingthatcurve.
Iftheselectedcurveisplanar,thentheSupportissettoDefault(Plane).
IfanexplicitSupporthasbeendefined,acontextualmenuisavailabletoclearthe
selection.
Weadviseyoutoavoidthecreationoflineswhenthedirectiondoesnotlieonthe
support,aswellastheeditionoftheanglebetweenthedirectionandthesupportinsuch
cases.
4.SelectaPoint.
5.EnteranAnglevalue.
Alineisdisplayedatthegivenanglewithrespecttothetangenttothereferencecurveatthe
selectedpoint.Theseelementsaredisplayedintheplanetangenttothesurfaceatthe
selectedpoint.
YoucanclickontheNormaltoCurvebuttontospecifyanangleof90degrees.
ProposedStartandEndpointsofthelineareshown.
6.SpecifytheStartandEndpointsofthenewline.
Thecorrespondinglineappears.
7.CheckRepeatobjectafterOKifyouwishtocreatemorelineswiththesamedefinitionasthe
currentlycreatedline.
Inthiscase,theObjectRepetitiondialogboxisdisplayed,andyoukeyinthenumberof
instancestobecreatedbeforepressingOK.
Asmanylinesasindicatedinthedialogboxarecreated,eachseparatedfromtheinitialline
byamultipleoftheanglevalue.
YoucancheckGeometryonSupportifyouwanttocreateageodesiclineontoasupport
surface.
Thefigurebelowillustratesthiscase.
Geometryonsupportoptionnotchecked
Geometryonsupportoptionchecked
Thislinetypeenablestoedittheline'sparameters.RefertoEditingParameterstofind
outmore.
8.ClickOKtocreatetheline.
Theline(identifiedasLine.xxx)isaddedtothespecificationtree.
Tangenttocurve
1.ClickLine .
2.SelecttheTangenttocurvelinetype.
3.SelectareferenceCurveandapointoranotherCurvetodefinethetangency.
ifapointisselected(monotangentmode):avectortangenttothecurveis
displayedattheselectedpoint.
Ifasecondcurveisselected(orapointinbitangentmode),youneedtoselecta
supportplane.Thelinewillbetangenttobothcurves.
IfanexplicitSupporthasbeendefined,acontextualmenuisavailableto
cleartheselection.
Whenseveralsolutionsarepossible,youcanchooseone(displayedinred)directlyinthe
geometry,orusingtheNextSolutionbutton.
Linetangenttocurveatagivenpoint Linetangenttotwocurves
4.SpecifytheStartandEndpointstodefinethenewline.
5.ClickOKtocreatetheline.
IntheimageaboveweselectacurveandapointasElement2.
Theline(identifiedasLine.xxx)isaddedtothespecificationtree.
Normaltosurface
1.ClickLine .
2.SelecttheNormaltosurfacelinetype.
3.SelectareferenceSurfaceandaPoint.
Avectornormaltothesurfaceisdisplayedatthereferencepoint.
ProposedStartandEndpointsofthenewlineareshown.
Ifthepointdoesnotlieonthesupportsurface,theminimumdistancebetweenthepointand
thesurfaceiscomputed,andthevectornormaltothesurfaceisdisplayedattheresulted
referencepoint.
4.SpecifyStartandEndpointstodefinethenewline.
Thecorrespondinglineappears.
5.ClickOKtocreatetheline.
Theline(identifiedasLine.xxx)isaddedtothespecificationtree.
Bisecting
1.ClickLine .
2.SelecttheBisectinglinetype.
3.Selecttwolines.Theirbisectinglineisthelinesplittingintwoequalspartstheanglebetween
thesetwolines.
4.Selectapointasthestartingpointfortheline.Bydefaultitistheintersectionofthe
bisectinglineandthefirstselectedline.
5.Selectthesupportsurfaceontowhichthebisectinglineistobeprojected,ifneeded.
6.Specifytheline'slengthbydefiningStartandEndvalues(thesevaluesarebasedontothe
defaultstartandendpointsoftheline).
Thecorrespondingbisectingline,appears.
7.Youcanchoosebetweentwosolutions,usingtheNextSolutionbutton,ordirectlyclickingthe
numberedarrowsinthegeometry.
8.ClickOKtocreatetheline.
Theline(identifiedasLine.xxx)isaddedtothespecificationtree.
Regardlessofthelinetype,StartandEndvaluesarespecifiedby
enteringdistancevaluesorbyusingthegraphicmanipulators.
StartandEndvaluesshouldnotbethesame.
ChecktheMirroredextentoptiontocreatealinesymmetricallyin
relationtotheselectedStartpoint.
ItisonlyavailablewiththeLengthLengthtype.
Inmostcases,youcanselectasupportonwhichthelineistobe
created.Inthiscase,theselectedpoint(s)isprojectedontothis
support.
Youcanreversethedirectionofthelinebyeitherclickingthe
displayedvectororselectingtheReverseDirectionbutton(not
availablewiththepointpointlinetype).
Parameterscanbeeditedinthe3Dgeometry.Formoreinformation,
refertotheEditingParameters.
Youcanisolatealineinordertocutthelinksithaswiththegeometry
usedtocreateit.Todoso,usetheIsolatecontextualmenu.Formore
information,refertotheIsolatingGeometricElements.
Youcannotcreatealineofwhichpointshaveadistancelowerthanthe
resolution.
Creatingalineuptoanelement
Thiscapabilityallowsyoutocreatealineuptoapoint,acurve,orasurface.
Itisavailablewithalllinetypes,buttheTangenttocurvetype.
Uptoapoint
SelectapointintheUpto1and/orUpto2fields.
HereisanexamplewiththeBisectinglinetype,theLengthLengthtype,andapointas
Upto2element.
Uptoacurve
SelectacurveintheUpto1and/orUpto2fields.
HereisanexamplewiththePointPointlinetype,theInfiniteEndLengthtype,anda
curveastheUpto1element.
Uptoasurface
SelectasurfaceintheUpto1and/orUpto2fields.
HereisanexamplewiththePointDirectionlinetype,theLengthLengthtype,andthe
surfaceastheUpto2element.
IftheselectedUptoelementdoesnotintersectwiththelinebeingcreated,
thenanextrapolationisperformed.Itisonlypossibleiftheelementislinear
andliesonthesameplaneasthelinebeingcreated.
However,noextrapolationisperformediftheUptoelementisacurveora
surface.
TheUpto1andUpto2fieldsaregrayedoutwiththeInfiniteLengthtype,
theUpto1fieldisgrayedoutwiththeInfiniteStartLengthtype,theUpto2
fieldisgrayedoutwiththeInfiniteEndLengthtype.
TheUpto1fieldisgrayedoutiftheMirroredextentoptionischecked.
Definingthelengthtype
SelecttheLengthType:
Length:thelinewillbedefinedaccordingtotheStartandEndpointsvalues
Infinite:thelinewillbeinfinite
InfiniteStartPoint:thelinewillbeinfinitefromtheStartpoint
InfiniteEndPoint:thelinewillbeinfinitefromtheEndpoint
Bydefault,theLengthtypeisselected.
TheStartand/ortheEndpointsvalueswillbegrayedoutwhenoneoftheInfinite
optionsischosen.
Reselectingautomaticallyasecondpoint
ThiscapabilityisonlyavailablewiththePointPointlinemethod.
1.DoubleclickLine .
TheLineDefinitiondialogboxappears.
2.Createthefirstpoint.
TheReselectSecondPointatnextstartoptionappearsintheLineDefinitiondialogbox.
3.Checkittobeabletolaterreusethesecondpoint.
4.Createthesecondpoint.
5.ClickOKtocreatethefirstline.
TheLineDefinitiondialogboxopensagainwiththefirstpointinitializedwiththesecondpoint
ofthefirstline.
6.ClickOKtocreatethesecondline.
Tostoptherepeataction,simplyunchecktheoptionorclickCancelintheLine
Definitiondialogbox.