topic Re: Cuting in Libraries & objects

Cuting

Anonymous — Tue, 19 Jul 2005 18:12:59 GMT

I am having a little troble I am trying to make a cut but not all the way thru the object... I need to have 3" on each side

cu_hood_length = 4'

Rotz 90
Rotx 90
CUTPOLYA 10, 1, ( (-cu_hood_length/2) + 3") ,
4.5", 0, 15,
2'10", 0, 15,
2'10", -1", 15,
3', -1", 15,
3', 2'10.25", 15,
2'9", 2'5", 15,
2'2.5", 2'5", 15,
2'2.5", 4', 15,
1'3", 4', 15,
4.5", 3', 15
Del 2
addx (-cu_hood_length/2)
Rotz 90
Rotx 90
Prism_ 6, cu_hood_length,
0, 0, 15,
2'10", 0, 15,
2'10", -1", 15,
3', -1", 15,
3', 5'4.5", 15,
0, 5'4.5", 15
Cutend
Del 3

Re: Cuting

James Murray — Tue, 19 Jul 2005 18:24:32 GMT

Mike wrote:
I need to have 3" on each side

Do you mean a void completely inside the body?

I think CUTPOLYA won't do it, it makes a half-infinite tube; it has only one end, the other keeps going. (Infinite both ways when d=0)

Solid Geometry Commands are the way to go. Page 109. Briefly, you need a GROUP of the target element, a GROUP of the subtracting body, then SUBGROUP(target, subtractor*).

*Maybe the other way around.

HTH,

Re: Cuting

Anonymous — Tue, 19 Jul 2005 19:01:08 GMT

Thats makes life easy ....

Thanks