PAT312, Section 7, December 2006 S7-1 Copyright 2007 MSC.Software Corporation SECTION 7 MSC.PATRAN GEOMETRY APPLICATION (PART III)

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PAT312, Section 7, December 2006 S7-3 Copyright 2007 MSC.Software Corporation GEOMETRIC ENTITIES - COORDINATE FRAME

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PAT312, Section 7, December 2006 S7-5 Copyright 2007 MSC.Software Corporation CREATING ALTERNATIVE COORDINATE FRAMES These 3 axes are generically referred to as the 1, 2, and 3 axes with the above definitions, respectively

PAT312, Section 7, December 2006 S7-6 Copyright 2007 MSC.Software Corporation COORDINATE CREATE MethodComment 3PointCreate a coordinate frame by defining an origin, a point along the axis 3 and a point in the 1-3 plane AxisA point on axis i and another on axis j EulerThree consecutive rotations about user defined axes NormalSpecify an origin and a surface

PAT312, Section 7, December 2006 S7-7 Copyright 2007 MSC.Software Corporation CREATE COORDINATE ALIGNED WITH SURFACE NORMAL Creates a rectangular coordinate system Origin at a point on a surface or solid face Coordinate frame axis 3 aligned normal to the surface or face Coordinate frame axis 1 aligned with 1

PAT312, Section 7, December 2006 S7-8 Copyright 2007 MSC.Software Corporation COORDINATE TRANSFORM

PAT312, Section 7, December 2006 S7-9 Copyright 2007 MSC.Software Corporation GEOMETRIC ENTITIES - PLANES

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PAT312, Section 7, December 2006 S7-11 Copyright 2007 MSC.Software Corporation PLANES Planes are used in the construction of meshable geometry, e.g. break surface or solid Planes may be transformed, e.g. Rotate Summary information about planes can be obtained through Show Attributes action

PAT312, Section 7, December 2006 S7-12 Copyright 2007 MSC.Software Corporation PLANE CREATE

PAT312, Section 7, December 2006 S7-13 Copyright 2007 MSC.Software Corporation CREATE A PLANE NORMAL TO A CURVE Creates a plane at a point along a curve The normal to the plane is tangent to the curve

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PAT312, Section 7, December 2006 S7-15 Copyright 2007 MSC.Software Corporation GEOMETRIC ENTITIES - VECTOR

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PAT312, Section 7, December 2006 S7-17 Copyright 2007 MSC.Software Corporation VECTOR CREATE

PAT312, Section 7, December 2006 S7-18 Copyright 2007 MSC.Software Corporation CREATE A VECTOR BETWEEN TWO POINTS

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