Construct Surface dialog box
There are two types of constructed surfaces (Independent Surface and Dependent Surface) available in PC-DMIS. The following table shows the two surfaces, along with their necessary inputs. The only input that the surface will take is a patch scan. The scan must contain at least two rows of four points per row.
A future release allows for pointclouds when constructing a surface.
CONSTRUCT FEATURE TYPE |
SYMBOL IN EDIT WINDOW |
# OF INPUT SETS |
INPUT #1: |
COMMENTS |
Dependent Surface |
DEPENDENT |
1 |
Patch scan containing at least 2 rows with 4 points per row |
The surface will update as the input feature changes. |
Independent Surface |
INDEPENDENT |
1 |
Patch scan containing at least 2 rows with 4 points per row. |
This uses the input feature for construction only. |
If you select inappropriate feature types, PC-DMIS displays "Cannot construct [feature]. Combination of input features not accepted." on the status bar.
To construct a Surface:
Access the Construct Surface dialog box (Insert | Feature | Constructed | Surface).
Input the desired patch scan.
Select the various construction options.
Click the Create button.
The Edit window
command line for a sample Surface Construction would read:
feature_name=FEAT/SURFACE,TOG1,CONTROL POINTS
U,
CONTROL POINTS V, NUM POINTS FIT,TOG2
THINNING PARAMETER U, THINNING PARAMETER V
CONSTR/SURFACE, INPUT TYPE, INPUT ID
The actual Edit report displays in all capital letters.
DEPENDENT is the default method of construction.
TOG1 = Dependent or Independent.
TOG2 = Tolerance or Proportion
The following paragraphs describe the available options for constructing a surface:
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