Line Constructors

You can manage the creation of line by defining the formula using line constructors.


  • inertiaAxis (rank: Integer, Body, ...): Line

    Enables you to determine the inertia axis of a body.

Example: 

Geometrical Set.1\Line.9 = inertiaAxis (1 ,`PartBody`)

  • line (Point, Point): Line Creates a line from two points.

Example: 

Geometrical Set.\Line_Point_Point = line 
(`Geometrical Set.1\Point.1`, `Geometrical Set.1\Point.2`)

  • line (pt: Point, dir: Direction, start: Length, end: Length, orientation: Boolean): Line Creates a line passing through a point and parallel to a direction. The third and fourth arguments are used to specify the start and end points. The last argument allows you to reverse the line direction.

Example: 

Geometrical Set.1\Line.13 = line 
(`Geometrical Set.1\Point.2` , direction (`zx plane`), 0mm, 20mm, false)

  • lineangle (crv: Curve, sur: Surface, pt: Point, geodesic: Boolean, start: Length, end: Length, angle: Angle, orientation: Boolean): Line Creates a line passing through a point, tangent to a surface and making a given angle with a curve. When the geodesic argument is set to true, a geodesic line is created (projected) onto the surface.

Example: 

Geometrical Set.1\Line.1 = lineangle (Geometrical Set.1\Spline.1 ,
Geometrical Set.1\Extrude.1 , Geometrical Set.1\Point.4, 
false, 0mm, 50mm, 80deg, false)

  • linetangent (crv: Curve, pt: Point, start: Length, end: Length, orientation: Boolean): Line Creates a line tangent to curve at a given point.

Example: 

Geometrical Set.1\Line.11 = linetangent 
(`Geometrical Set.1\Spline.1`, `Geometrical Set.1\Point.6`,0mm, 30mm, true)

  • linenormal (sur: Surface, pt: Point, start: Length, end: Length, orientation: Boolean): Line Creates a line normal to a surface at a given point.

Example: 

linenormal = linenormal (`Geometrical Set.1\Extrude.1`,
`Geometrical Set.1\Point.2` ,10mm,16mm, true)

  • mainnormal (crv: Curve, pt: Point): Line Creates a line normal to a curve at a given point. The line is created in the plane which contains the tangent vector.

Example: 

Geometrical Set.1\Line.10 = mainnormal 
(`Geometrical Set.1\Spline.1`, `Geometrical Set.1\Point.6`)

  • binormal (crv: Curve, pt: Point): Line Creates a line normal to a curve at a given point. The line is created in plane which is orthogonal to the tangent vector.

Example: 

Geometrical Set.1\Line.8 =
binormal (`Geometrical Set.1\Spline.1`, `Geometrical Set.1\Point.6`)