Re-Center or Re-Fit electrode Blanks to all the electrode faces (burn faces, extensions and manually created faces). The Re-Center and Re-Fit operations can be run at anytime, irrespective of the creation sequence of electrode features.
Often, the Blank feature is created immediately after the burn faces are extracted. This means that the Blank is Centered or Fit just to the burn faces. Extensions and other faces are created later and are not taken into consideration. The Re-Center and Re-Fit operations update the Blank feature, considering any new geometry created.
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The Re-Center and Re-Fit operations can be run at any time. In the picture on the left, an extension has already been created. The two operations will update the Blank taking into account all the electrode faces. |
Notes:
In a Re-Center operation, the X,Y locations of the Blank are the only parameters that may be changed.
In a Re-Fit operation, the length, width and X.Y locations of the Blank may all be changed.
In
both the Re-Center and Re-Fit
operations, the following parameters will not change:
- Angle (for rotated Blanks)
- Step parameters (for Stepped
Blanks)
- Marking parameters (for Marked Blanks)
- Z Shift parameters (for Shaped Blanks).
After a Re-Center or a Re-Fit operation, the Burn UCS (if present) will change its X,Y location accordingly. However, the Rotation angle (if defined) will not change.
Re-Center the Blank taking into account all electrodes faces (burn faces, extensions and manually created faces). The Blank is centered without changing its X,Y dimensions, in an operation that is similar to the Center to Selection option within the Blank function (in the Center option, however, the Blank is centered only to the burn faces).
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Re-Fit the Blank, with a predefined offset, taking into account all electrodes faces (burn faces, extensions and manually created faces). The size of the offset around all the electrode faces is defined in the Electrode Preferences. This means that the Blank is centered while changing its X,Y dimensions, in an operation that is similar to the Fit to Selection option within the Blank function (in the Fit option, however, the Blank is centered only to the burn faces).
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