topic Re: Revolved Elbow: Cannot turn contour lines off in Libraries & objects

Revolved Elbow: Cannot turn contour lines off

Anonymous — Mon, 02 Sep 2019 12:04:45 GMT

Hello,

I am trying to create an elbow using the revolve command and I cannot seem to get the mask codes to work for me. I wish to turn all contour lines off so that the revolved elbow appears smooth. I also wish to have control over the two end contour lines/circles so that when joining the elbow to another geometry like a prism, the revolved elbow and prism will appear to be one object.

Thanks in advance!

Here is the code:

revolve 2, 90, 1+2+4+8+16,
0, 0.050, 900,
0.020, 360, 4001

Re: Revolved Elbow: Cannot turn contour lines off

Anonymous — Mon, 02 Sep 2019 12:12:12 GMT

Ok, so I set the status code to 1 for the base poly line and this appears to have removed the contours:

revolve 2, 90, 1+2+4+8+16,
0, 0.050, 901, !<--------- set status code to 1
0.020, 360, 4001

However, I am still confused about the mask codes. Do I use the mask codes to toggle the end contours on and off?

Cheers!

Re: Revolved Elbow: Cannot turn contour lines off

Lingwisyer — Tue, 03 Sep 2019 01:37:26 GMT

You are looking at the Base (j5+16) and End (j6+32) edges as your Revolve is less than 360 degrees.

You could also add a Resol before your Revolve with an editable parameter to allow for adjustable accuracy.

Ling.

Re: Revolved Elbow: Cannot turn contour lines off

Anonymous — Tue, 03 Sep 2019 07:26:33 GMT

Hello Ling,

Thanks for the tips, I will give this a go!

Cheers!