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Simulation»Construct Entity (Quest only)
Simulation»Construct Entity»Extruded
Sweeps a 2D closed profile along a vector to produce an
extruded surface. Once created, the surface can be
further rotated to its required orientation using the
Rotate button. Parameters common to all entities (not
listed below) can be found on page 91.
� Length: Specifies the distance to sweep the profile
along the vector defined by the direction
components.
� Direction: Specifies the XYZ components of the
vector to sweep the profile along.
� Profile button: Select this button to enter the
surface profile. The profile is defined as a series of (x, y) pairs of coordinates, one pair
per line, which is extruded along a vector (positive Z by default) for the specified distance.
The order in which points are defined is important; the outside surface of the profile
is to the left of the curve defined by the points. The profile must be closed (i.e., it
must start and end at the same point). You can specify one or more additional “island”
contours to be subtracted from the main extruded shape by first specifying a semicolon”;”
contour separator followed by the series of (x, y) pairs of coordinates of the island contour,
one pair per line. Use the Apply button in the profile builder to see changes to the
profile curve.
Simulation»Construct Entity»Mesh
Imports an STL mesh into the model. Once imported,
the mesh surface can be further rotated to its required
orientation using the Rotate button. Parameters common
to all entities (not listed below) can be found on page
91.
� Import button: Select this button to choose the
STL file to be imported. An STL file does not
define its units of measure; use the Units field on
the STL import dialog to specify the dimensional
units of the file. The import dialog also provides
a File format field to specify the STL file format. Normally the default Auto selection
should suffice; but if you have difficulty importing an STL file, try selecting other
file formats.
� Scale button: Use this button to scale the STL mesh object if the object as imported is the
wrong size. Alternately, you could import the object again this time specifying different
dimensional units.
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