The objective is to create cylinders entities through user inputs in a dialog box or by clicking in the graphic area.
a) Dialog box
This dialog box allows the user to specify the origin of the cylinder, its direction, its height and its radius (see Figure
4.2.2-3).
FIGURE 4.2.2-3 Create cylinder
This action requires the following steps:
2. Press the Apply button, which allows the direction definition and disables the first one.
3. Specify the direction (X,Y,Z) of the direction.
4. Press the Apply button, which allows the height definition.
5. Press Enter on the keyboard and specify the radius.
6. Press Enter and click on Accept to generate the cylinder and quit the cylinder creation tool.
Because of Parasolid limitations, the coordinates of a box are limited by the range: First corner X: -500, Y: -500, Z: -500 and Opposite corner X: 500, Y: 500, Z: 500b) Interactive creation
The cylinder may be interactively created by clicking in the graphics area.
1. A default dialog box appears in the graphics area. Move the cursor to the desired location
and left-click to confirm the position of the origin.
2. While moving the cursor around, the drawing of the cylinder is updated according to the cursor position. Move the cursor to the desired location and left-click to confirm the direc- tion and the height of the cylinder.
3. Move the cursor to adapt the radius and left-click to confirm. 4. Left-click to accept the cylinder and quit the creation tool.
The cylinder creation tool can be aborted at any time, either by pressing the Cancel button in the dialog box, or by right-clicking in the graphic area.
An accepted cylinder cannot be modified later. It must be deleted and a new cylinder created, but before clicking on Accept, the radius can be adapted by directly specifying its value in the dialog box. Nevertheless, it can be easier to use the X,Y,Z plane viewsfor cylinder fitting.
4-2.2.3 Create Cone
The objective is to create cones entities through user inputs in a dialog box or by clicking in the graphic area.
a) Dialog box
This dialog box allows the user to specify the summit of the cone, its direction, its height and the radius at the basis (see Figure
4.2.2-4).
This action requires the following steps:
1. Specify the summit coordinates (x,y,z).
2. Press the Apply button, which allows the direction definition and disables the first one. 3. Specify the direction (X,Y,Z) of the direction.
4. Press the Apply button, which allows the height definition. 5. Press Enter on the keyboard and specify the basis radius.
6. Press Enter and click on Accept to generate the cone and quit the creation tool.
Because of Parasolid limitations, the coordinates of a box are limited by the range: First corner X: -500, Y: -500, Z: -500 and Opposite corner X: 500, Y: 500, Z: 500b) Interactive creation
The cone may be interactively created by clicking in the graphics area.
1. A default dialog box appears in the graphics area. Move the cursor to the desired location and left-click to confirm the summit position.
2. While moving the cursor around, the drawing of the cone is updated according to the cursor
position. Move the cursor to the desired location and left-click to confirm the direction and the height of the cone.
3. Move the cursor to adapt the basis radius and left-click to confirm.
4. Left-click to accept the cone and quit the creation tool.
The cone creation tool can be aborted at any time, either by pressing the Cancel button in the dialog box, or by right-clicking in the graphic area.
An accepted cone cannot be modified later. It must be deleted and a new cone created, but before clicking on Accept, the basis radius can be adapted by directly specifying its value in the dialog box. Nevertheless, it can be easier to use the X,Y,Z plane viewsfor cone fitting.
4-2.2.4 Create Plane
The objective is to create planes entities through user inputs in a dialog box or by clicking in the graphic area. Planes can typically be used in Boolean operations, to split a body into two parts. The condition is that the plane completely intersects the body.
a) Dialog box
This dialog box allows the user to specify the origin of the plane, its normal direction, its size (see Figure
FIGURE 4.2.2-5 Create plane
This action requires the following steps:
1. Specify the coordinates (x,y,z) of the origin point.
2. Press the Apply button, which allows the normal definition and disables the first one.
3. Press the Apply button, which allows the plane size definition.
4. Press Enter on the keyboard and click on Accept to generate the plane and quit the plane creation tool.
Because of Parasolid limitations, the coordinates of a box are limited by the range: First corner X: -500, Y: -500, Z: -500 and Opposite corner X: 500, Y: 500, Z: 500b) Interactive creation
The plane may be interactively created by clicking in the graphics area.
1. A default dialog box appears in the graphics area. Move the cursor to the desired location
and left-click to confirm the origin position.
2. While moving the cursor around, the drawing of the plane is updated according to the cur- sor position. Move the cursor to the desired location and left-click to confirm the normal of the plane.
3. Specify the plane size in the dialog box and press Enter. 4. Click on Accept to create the plane.