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Geometry Menu
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Geometry Menu
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Lite Repair - After first selecting a part or multiple surfaces with either the Single or Window Select function, select Lite Repair to perform Lite Repair on the selected part(s)/surfaces. For a more complete description of Lite Repair see "Lite Repair" under the "Repair Operations" section.
Full Repair - After first selecting a part with the Single Select function, select Full Repair to perform Full Repair on the selected part. For a more complete description of Full Repair see "Full Repair" under the "Repair Operations" section.
Check Part - After selecting a part using the Single Select function, select the Check Part function to perform a geometric integrity check on the selected part. Refer to the output window for repair results.
Note: Before using this function, please read the “Getting Started Guide” for the intended usage of this function in the proper context.
Show Gaps - After selecting a part using the Single Select function, select the Show Gaps function to highlight (in red) gaps in the model. This is a good measure of the accuracy of the model. After Full Repair or Super Repair you should see the number of gaps go down and in many cases go to zero. No gaps, or tolerant edges, means that the surface boundaries of adjacent surfaces intersect precisely. Gaps are OK and your translations will be successful; however, less gaps will generally mean better translations out of TransMagic.
Move Part - After first selecting a part or multiple parts with either the Single or Window Select function, select the Move Part function to transform the selected entity(ies) by dragging the left mouse button. Note, the translation direction will always be horizontal to the view direction. To perform a perfect lateral or vertical transformation make sure you first select on the Top, Front or Right Side View buttons to first orient the view into a standard perpendicular orientation.
Change Part Color - To change the color of a part or collection of parts after first selecting them with Single/Window Select, select the Change Part Color function button. A standard Windows color dialog window will then be displayed for your to manipulate the colors.
Change Layer - This function allows you to change the existing layer\level (if any) that a part or parts currently resides on. After first selecting a part or multiple parts you can access this function via the Geometry menu or by right click (under Change). Enter a new layer number for your selection and click "OK". Your parts will now be on this layer\level when saved out to any format that supports layers\levels. To visually see the layer that your part or parts reside on open the Assembly Browser and you will see in front of the part name the notation [L:X], where "X" is the layer that your part is currently on. If your part is currently not on a layer you will not see the [L:X] notation.
Colorize - Single Select or Window Select a part or multiple parts and then select the Colorize function to apply a random color to each part in the selection list. This is very useful when you bring a large assembly into TransMagic and all of the sub-components are one single color. Changing the color of all the parts helps to clearly differentiate between parts in the assembly.
Scale Part - After first selecting a part or multiple parts with either Single or Window Select, select the Scale Part function to apply a scaling factor to the part(s). Sometimes an exporting application can inadvertently write out a model scale larger or smaller than what the part was designed in. This results in a part being translated into TransMagic very large or very small. For example a part designed in mm that was 100 mm long and written out to Meters would come into TransMagic as 100 Meters long! In this case applying a scaling factor of .001 would bring the part back down to mm.
Change Part Facet Resolution - The Change Part Facet Resolution submenu offers four options:
Note: TransMagic uses what is called a "Normal Deviation" for setting the facet resolution of a part. Facets are the triangles that get shaded by TransMagic's visualization engine and give the part a realistic appearance. The Normal Deviation refers to the deviation between any two surface normal's. This deviation is measured in degrees. So the Normal Deviation between any two facet nodes, inclusive of the actual geometric surface, will not vary greater in degree than the amount specified by Normal, Medium High, High or Super High facet settings.
Normal - A Normal Deviation of 15 degrees.
Medium High - A Normal Deviation of 10 degrees.
High - A Normal Deviation of 5 degrees.
Super High - A Normal Deviation of 1 degree.
Note: Setting the Facet Resolution to High or Super High can consume massive amounts of memory depending on the complexity and size of the part(s) selected.
Display Part bounding Box - Select a part or a collection of parts using Single or Window Select. Then select the Display Part Bounding Box function button to create a transparent bounding shape that encompasses the selected entity(ies). This box will show the precise dimensions of the box. This function is useful in determining the minimum material required to machine a part for example.
Check Part Mass Properties - After selecting a part using Single or Window Select, select the Check Part Mass Properties function. The Check Part Mass Properties function allows you to check:
For a more compile description of the Check Part Mass Properties function see "Mass Properties" under this section.
Check Surface Area - After first selecting a part, or face of a part, select on Check Area function to get the part or face's surface area.
Note: To select an individual face, simply Right-click on the display and select Filter Selection->Face. If a Body is selected, the surface area will be that of the entire part.
Make Part Transparent - After first selecting a part or multiple parts using Single or Window Select, select the Make Part Transparent function to turn the selected parts transparent.
Undo Part Transparency - After first selecting a part or multiple parts using Single or Window Select, select the Undo Part Transparency function to turn transparent parts back to solid parts.
Reverse Faces - Sometimes after model repair, instead of orienting all of the model's faces to point outward and describe an enclosed void, the faces get all reoriented inwards. This can also happen without Repair but simply due to a poorly executed export of a model to *.IGES, *.STEP, etc. from a modeling system. To reverse this condition, select the Select Tool and select the affected model, then select the Reverse Faces function to reverse the faces.
Unhook Faces - The Unhook Faces function is useful if you want to take a solid body and reduce it to surfaces. You can then Group or stitch together a group of surface, for example the contoured surfaces of a mold cavity, using Lite Repair. You could then select this contoured surface group and use File->Export to save just the group to a new file. To use the Unhook Faces function simply select a part and then select Geometry->Unhook Faces.
Special - The Special menu contains fucntions that are not easily categorized but may provide a usefulness to you.
Calculate Points to Part - The Calculate Points to Part function is a very handy function for calculating and displaying an as-measured point data set against a CAD model. This function requires that you read the part and points into a single document. They can come in as a single document or you can use the File->Import function to bring separate documents together. To see the points (or vertices as TransMagic considers them) right-click in the display and then select Show-Vertices. When invoked this function will ask you to create a log file - this will contain all the measure points output. Then the function will ask you to enter a deviation value to calculate against. Any points calculated outside of this deviation value will be highlighted in the TransMagic window. Finally an ouput window listing point coordinates and distances to the part will be shown. This window is displaying the log file that was specified in a previous step.
Output Part Names - To use this function you must first select a single or more parts and then envoke this function. You will be asked to specify a log file which will contain all of the part names for the selected parts.