Creating Projections

Projection lets you create geometry by projecting one or more elements onto a support. The projection may be normal or along a direction. Projection

Before you begin: Create a 3D shape containing a surface and at least one wire element.
  1. In the Projected box, select one or several wireframe elements.
  2. In the Support box, select a support.
  3. Select the Projection type.
  4. If more than one result is possible,
    • select Find Nearest Solution check box to keep the nearest projection, or
    • deselect Find Nearest Solution to choose a solution in the Multi-Result Management dialog box.
      Important: If the elements have the same distance to the support, an error message is issued. The distance corresponds to the maximum distance between a point of the projected element and its projection onto the support.
  5. Optional: Select an Extrapolate on support mode to extrapolate the projected wire.

    Warning:
    • Extrapolating projected closed wires and points is possible but will provide no difference.
    • Extrapolating a wire onto a closed support surface, for example a sphere, is not possible and will cause an error.

  6. Optional: Select a Smoothing option.

 

See Also
Managing Multi-Result Operations
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