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Numerically Creation

Create features by customizing point coordinates.

Note

  • The numerically creation method is applicable to creating point, line, plane, circle, sphere, cone, cylinder, slot, regular polygon, and rectangle features.
  • Features created by this method are reference features by default, so before creating features, please import a reference model; if measured features need to be extracted, a measured model also needs to be imported.

Creation Steps

  1. Select Numerically in the drop-down menu of the feature to open the corresponding window.

  2. Enter relevant information in the creation window, specific creation information descriptions can be viewed in the following TAB pages.

    Need to input X coordinate, Y coordinate, and Z axis coordinate.

    • Position & Direction: Customize the start position X / Y / Z, direction and length.
    • Start & End position: Customize the X / Y / Z of start & end position.
    • Position and Normal: Customize the X / Y / Z coordinates, direction, and edge length of the center point.
    • Three-Points: Customize the X / Y / Z coordinates of three points.

    Need to input the X / Y / Z axis coordinates of the center point, direction, and radius.

    Need to input the X / Y / Z axis coordinates of the center point and radius.

    Need to input the X / Y / Z axis coordinates of the vertex, axis direction, angularity, distance from vertex, and height.

    Need to input the X / Y / Z axis coordinates of the end circle center, axis direction, radius, and height.

    Need to input the X / Y / Z axis coordinate position of the center point, normal, and angle, length, and width.

    Need to input the X / Y / Z axis coordinates of the regular polygon center point, normal, angle, radius, and number of sides (3 ≤ x ≤ 8).

    • Radius: The radius of the circumscribed circle where the regular polygon is located, i.e., the distance from the center point to the vertices of the regular polygon. Only numbers greater than or equal to 1 can be input, supporting up to 3 decimal places; maximum 13 digits before the decimal point.
    • Angle: Find an axis direction in the plane where the regular polygon is located, and together with the specified angle and radius, determine the first vertex of the regular polygon; value range is 0° ≤ x ≤ 360°.

    Need to customize the X / Y / Z axis coordinates of the rectangle center point, normal, angle, length, and width.

    • Angle: Find an axis in the plane of the rectangle that determines the length direction of the rectangle together with the specified angle; the range is 0° ≤ 360°, and you can input numbers with up to 4 decimal places.
    • Length: The length of the rectangle, which can be input as greater than or equal to 1, with up to 4 decimal places after the decimal point and up to 13 digits before the decimal point.
    • Width: The width of the rectangle, which can be input as greater than or equal to 1, with up to 4 decimal places after the decimal point and up to 13 digits before the decimal point.

  3. After completing the relevant settings, click Preview to preview the feature in the 3D scene; then click Confirm to create the new feature, and the object will be displayed in the feature module of the left-side tree view.

Extract Measured Values

After creating reference features, the corresponding measured features can be extracted automatically or manually.

Note

Import at least one measured model before extracting measured features to generate feature pairs.

  • Automatic Extraction: Enable Auto Extraction of Measured Values via Settings in the upper right corner of the software interface or check Extract Measured Feature in the creation window. The software will automatically extract the corresponding measured feature with default parameters after creating any reference feature.

    Note

    If there are multiple measurement objects, please select the corresponding extraction object in the creation window; the default selection is the first measured model or the first measured model within the first measurement group.

  • Manual Extraction: After creating a reference feature, right-click the feature group in the tree view on the left, select Extract Measured Feature and specify the measurement model to be extracted; you can specify Align Object in the extraction pop-up window.

Note

When selecting sub-features, 2D features, or when there are only sub-features or 2D features in multiple selections or groups, right-click the feature group in the left tree view and select Extract Measured Feature to directly extract the measured feature without selecting a measured model.