Delete Selection:
After first selecting a part or multiple parts with either the Single or Window Select Tool, click the Delete Selection Tool permanently from the display.
Lite Repair:
Note: Before using this tool, please read the “Getting Started Guide” for the intended usage of this function in the proper context.
After selecting a part or a collection of surfaces with the Single or Window Select Tool, click the Lite Repair Tool to perform Lite Repair on the selected entities. Refer to the output window for repair results.
Full Repair:
Note: Before using this tool, please read the “Getting Started Guide” for the intended usage of this function in the proper context.
After selecting a part using the Single Select Tool, click the Full Repair Tool to perform Full Repair on the selected entities. Refer to the output window for repair results.
Check:
Note: Before using this tool, please read the “Getting Started Guide” for the intended usage of this function in the proper context.
After selecting a part using the Single Select Tool, click the Check Tool to perform a geometric integrity check on the selected part. Refer to the output window for repair results.
Show Gaps:
After selecting a part using the Single Select Tool, click the Show Gaps Tool 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:
After first selecting a part or multiple parts with either the Single or Window Select Tool, click the Move Tool 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 click on the Top, Front or Right Side View Tool buttons to first orient the view into a standard perpendicular orientation.
Color:
To change the color of a part or collection of parts after first selecting them with Single/Window Select, click the Color Tool button. A standard Windows color dialog window will then be displayed for your to manipulate the colors.
Scaling:
After first selecting a part or multiple parts with either the Single or Window Select Tool, click the Scaling Tool 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.
Create X, Y, or Z Cutting Planes:
Click the Create X, Y, or Z Cutting planes tool, which will launch the "Cutting Planes" dialog which will allow you to interactively create and manipulate X, Y, or Z Cutting Planes.
X-Axis: Click the X-Axis button to create a section plane that centered at the center of the part. To position the cutting plane run your mouse over the Cutting Plane Manipulator graphical icon. As your mouse passes over the Cutting Plane Manipulator two rotational axis elements will highlight or one linear translation element. Left-Click on any of these graphical elements when highlighted and drag to rotate or linear-translate the Cutting Plane.
Click the X-Axis button again to turn of the Cutting Plane.
Y-Axis: Click the Y-Axis button to create a section plane that centered at the center of the part. To position the cutting plane run your mouse over the Cutting Plane Manipulator graphical icon. As your mouse passes over the Cutting Plane Manipulator two rotational axis elements will highlight or one linear translation element. Left-Click on any of these graphical elements when highlighted and drag to rotate or linear-translate the Cutting Plane.
Click the Y-Axis button again to turn of the Cutting Plane.
Z-Axis: Click the Z-Axis button to create a section plane that centered at the center of the part. To position the cutting plane run your mouse over the Cutting Plane Manipulator graphical icon. As your mouse passes over the Cutting Plane Manipulator two rotational axis elements will highlight or one linear translation element. Left-Click on any of these graphical elements when highlighted and drag to rotate or linear-translate the Cutting Plane.
Click the Z-Axis button again to turn of the Cutting Plane.
Cutting Plane Manipulators: After you have positioned the Cutting Planes to your liking you can hold SHIFT and click any of the X, Y, or Z-Axis buttons to remove the Cutting Plane Manipulator graphical icon for that plane - leaving just the plane itself and the cross-section it gnerates.
Show Axis: Check this box to show a graphical axis element in the lower left-hand corner of the viewing window. This is helpful when you have rotated your part around and don't have a good concept of which direction the X, Y, or Z axis are pointing.
Bounding Box:
Select a part or a collection of parts using the Single or Window Select Tool. Then click the Bounding Box Tool button to create a transparent bounding shape that encompasses the selected entity(ies). This box will show the precise dimensions of the box. This tool is useful in determining the minimum material required to machine a part from for example.
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Mass Properties:
After selecting a part using the Single or Window Select Tool, click the Mass Properties Tool. The Mass Properties Tool allows you to check:
- Cubic Volume
- Weight based on density via a catalog of materials or is user selectable material
- Center of Mass (CoM) and the ability to create a true geometric representation of the CoM with planar intersection graphs. The CoM is read/writeable to any supported TransMagic format.
- Inertial Properties: Principal Axes of Inertia, Principal Moments of Inertia, & Inertia Tensor.
Surface Area:
After first selecting a part, or face of a part, click on Check Area Tool to get the part or face's surface area.
Note: To select an individual face, simply Left-Click on the display and select Filter Selection->Face. If a Body is selected, the surface area will be that of the entire part.