Offers a set of tools that change a solid by transformations.
Reset
Resets all internal values to their defaults.
Name ( name sObjectName )
Defines the name of the object, the alignment should be applied to.
AddName ( name sObjectName )
Defines one more name of an additional object, in addition to the previously defined object.
Align ( enum {"Shapes", "Subproject", "Part"} what, enum {"Faces", "Rotate", "RotateByDegree"} how )
This execute a specified alignment onto the given type of objects (named via Name and AddName).
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enum what |
description |
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Shape |
this aligns solids |
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Subproject |
this aligns a previously imported subproject or a previously pasted structure |
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Part |
this aligns a complete block in the 3D Layout View |
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enum how |
description |
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Faces |
This transforms the objects by rotation and translation so that two selected "faces" touch afterwards. One "face" is selected on the objects to be moved, another "face" is selected at some target object. |
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Rotate |
This rotates the objects around a center of a picked "target" "face", having two picks that specify an angle, as input. For the angle, two directions need to be given: you can either pick a straight edge for a direction, or a point that will be pointed to from the center of rotation. |
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RotateByDegree
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This rotates the objects around a center of a picked "target" "face. The angle needs to be specified using the command "SetNumericalValue" (see below). |
SetKindOfPickFor ( enum {"SourcePlane", "TargetPlane", "ZeroAngle", "FinalAngle"} what, enum {"Face", "Edge", "Point"} kind)
This defines what is used to determine the information for calculating an alignment step. Different steps allow a different subset of kinds of information.
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enum what |
description |
allowed kinds |
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SourcePlane |
This defines a normal and a center from where the object is going to be aligned. |
Face |
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TargetPlane |
This defines a normal and a center on which the object will be aligned. |
Face |
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ZeroAngle |
This is used to determine a direction that defines the angle zero for rotation. For the point, the direction is taken from TargetPlane center to the point. |
Edge, Point |
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FinalAngle |
This defines a direction to which the angle is measured to. (From ZeroAngle) |
Edge, Point |
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enum kind |
description |
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Face |
A previously picked planar face is expected. |
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Edge |
A picked linear edge is expected |
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Point |
A picked point is expected |
SetNumericalValue( enum {"Angle""} what, double value)
This sets a value for numerical operations, so far, only "RotateByDegree" supports this command.
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enum what |
description |
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Angle |
This defines an angle in degree - used for the rotation by value. |
ClearSubProjectImportInfo( bool switch )
This only concerns alignments of subproject imports. If the flag is set, the information of objects imported during the latest subproject will be cleared. This should be called be the last alignment step for a particular subproject alignment.
ClearSubProjectImportInfo(False)