Angular copy

The feature Angular copy makes a compound of several rotated shapes basing on the initial shape.

To create an Angular copy in the active part:

  1. select in the Main Menu Part - > Angular copy item or

  2. click multirotation.icon Angular copy button in the toolbar

The following property panel appears.

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Angular copy property panel

Input fields:

  • Main objects panel contains shapes to be rotated. The shapes are selected in 3D OCC viewer or object browser; Transformation of COMPSOLID subshapes is prohibited.

  • Vector of rotation defines the axis of rotation. The vector of rotation is an edge, axis selected in 3D OCC viewer or object browser;

  • Angular Step check-box turns on/off definition of the angle by which the object is rotated. By default (if the checkbox is not checked), Angular Step = 2 * PI / NbTimes;

  • Nb. Copies defines the number of rotated shape copies in the resulting compound. If Nb. Copies = 1, the result contains only the initial shape.

TUI Command:

model.addMultiRotation(Part_doc, [shape], axis, step, Nb)*
Parameters

  • part – The current part object

  • list – A list of shapes in format model.selection(TYPE, shape)

  • object – An axis in format model.selection(TYPE, shape)

  • real – a step value

  • integer – A number of copies

Returns

Created object

Result

Result of cylinder rotation is a compound.

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Angular copy

See Also a sample TUI Script of Create Angular copy operation.