You can construct a cone by changing any given feature into a cone. PC-DMIS constructs the cone at the centroid of the input feature. If the input feature is not a cone, PC-DMIS uses a default value for the included angle. If the input feature is not a line element (line, cylinder, or slot), PC-DMIS uses a default length for the axis length.
You can change the size of the cone; this changes the cone from DEPENDENT to INDEPENDENT. This means that when the cone is executed that the size does not change based on the input feature, but is independent of the input feature, while the position and vector remain dependent on the input feature. This allows you to have control over the cone's size in cases where the input feature doesn't really have a size, such as a point. The DEPENDENT/INDEPENDENT field is a toggle field that you may change.
PC-DMIS uses the new attributes for all calculations (for example, if the half angle is changed) instead of the default values as described above.
To construct a Cast Cone:
Open the Construct Cone dialog box (Insert | Feature | Constructed | Cone).
From the Method list, select the Cast option.
From the Feature list, select one feature of any type.
Select the In or Out option. For details, see the "In / Out Cone" topic in this documentation.
If you want to change the feature theoretical values, select the Feature theoreticals check box and type in the values. For details, see the "Specifying Feature Theoreticals" topic in the PC-DMIS Core documentation.
Click the Create button.
The Edit window command line for this option would read:
CONSTR/CONE,CAST,feat_1, (DEPENDENT | INDEPENDENT)