SolidMesh: Utilities Examples

Utilities Application Examples

Translate

1. Select objects (curves and/or surfaces). Pick two points and . NOTE: When surfaces are translated, their children (parametric curves) are translated concurrently.

2. Select objects (curves and/or surfaces) and a vector. Enter a distance in utildistance (for the translation shown below, the distance was 1) and click .

Mirror

Select objects to mirror (curves and/or surfaces). Define the plane of reflection by picking a point and a vector (or enter vector components, VX, VY, and VZ, in the vector application). Click . NOTE: Mirrored surfaces are placed in the same group as the original and are assigned a periodic surface boundary condition. Also, any children of mirrored surfaces are mirrored, too.

Rotate

Define the point and axis of rotation by selecting a point and a vector (or enter vector components, VX, VY, and VZ, in the vector application). Enter the angle of rotation in (angle shown below is 120^o). Select the objects to rotate and .

Scale

Enter values in , , (for the scaling shown below, the scale factors are 0.5, 0.5, and 0.5, respectively). Select objects (curves and/or surfaces) to scale and a datum point from which to scale. Click .