Creating Reference Geometry using Ref Coordinates
By Mike Tsang • Aug 1st, 2010 • Category: Intermediate, RapidWorks, Tech Tips, Uncategorized, XOR
Creating Reference Geometry using Reference Coordinates
Rapidform offers a lot of different methods to generate Reference Geometry. From extraction to definition, you can find a description of how to use all these methods by looking at the Help document, or by pressing F1 during the command. After a support call, I realized that there is a method not explicitly described, and I’d like to share that method now.
The Method
If you have Reference Coordinates in your model and would like to generate Reference Geometry based on those coordinates (ie. creating a plane that is parallel to the Ref. Coordinate’s z-direction), its easy to do in XOR. In this example, we’ll create a ref. plane that is parallel to the z-direction of a ref. coordinate. Assuming that you already have a ref. coordinate, and a point in the model where you would like to place this plane, insert a Ref. Plane.
Change the method to Definition, and the sub-method to Position & Normal.
Press the Position button and center your plane where you would like (a ref. point, corner of a body, end of an edge, mesh vertex, etc.). Then press the Normal button, and select your Ref. Coordinate. When you do, you’ll notice a new drop box appear like shown below.
The dropbox contains the direction in reference to the ref. coordinates directions. From the dropbox, simply choose the direction that you want the ref. plane to be parallel to. Thats it!
Final Remarks
Remember, you can use this method for generating any of the other ref. geometry, but its not just limited to creating a geometry by definition. For example, if you were extracting a plane from a region group, and wanted the result to be parallel to a direction of a ref. coordinate, you can use the same method under the Axis Constraint menu!
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