CoCreate OneSpace Designer - Commands Reference Manual

EQUIDISTANCE_2D terminate action

EQUIDISTANCE_2D generates a contour at a constant distance from an existing contour.

Syntax


---->(EQUIDISTANCE_2D)----+
                          |
    +-----------<---------+
    |
    +--------------------<-------------------+
    |                                        |
    |                      +----(:ON)---+    |
    |                      |            |    |
    +----(:GEOMETRY)-------+----(:OFF)--+--->+
    |                                        |
    |                      +----(:ON)---+    |
    |                      |            |    |
    +----(:CONSTRUCTION)---+----(:OFF)--+--->+
    |                                        |
    |                      +----(:ON)---+    |
    |                      |            |    |
    +----(:INTERSECTIONS)--+----(:OFF)--+--->+
    |                                        |
    +----(:DISTANCE)------------|offset|-----+
    |
    |                 +---------------<---------------+
    |                 |                               |
    +--|Start point|--+-|contour|-------------------->+
                      |                               |
                      +-(:DISTANCE)----|offset|------>+
                      |                               |
                      +-(:SIDE)-+-|point for side|-+->+
                      |         |                  |  |
                      |         +---(:RIGHT)-------+  |
                      |         |                  |  |
                      |         +---(:LEFT)--------+  |
                      |         |                  |  |
                      |         +---(:BOTH)--------+  +--+-->--+--(:OK)-->
                      |                               |  |     |
                      +--(:BACK)--------------------->+  v     ^
                                                         |     |
         +----------------------------<------------------+     |
         |                                                     |
         +--(:NEW_PARAMETER)->-+-(:DISTANCE)----|offset|------>+
                               |                               |
                               +-(:SIDE)-+-|point for side|-+->+
                                         |                  |
                                         +---(:RIGHT)-------+
                                         |                  |
                                         +---(:LEFT)--------+
                                         |                  |
                                         +---(:BOTH)--------+

Options

The following options are available to generate your contour.

:GEOMETRY - selects or deselects real geometry.
:CONSTRUCTION - selects or deselects construction geometry.
:INTERSECTIONS - chooses whether or not you stop at an intersection point.
:ON - activates the :GEOMETRY, :CONSTRUCTION, or :INTERSECTIONS mode.
:OFF - de-activates the :GEOMETRY, :CONSTRUCTION, or :INTERSECTIONS mode.
:BACK - if an automatic contour was created, it is undone. Otherwise, the last segment created is removed.
:DISTANCE - specifies a value as the distance between the original contour and the new one.
:SIDE - specifies which side of the original contour the new contour is created.
:NEW_PARAMETER - lets you use the original contour to create one or more equidistant contours with varying parameters (for example, distance, and/or side parameters). The previous action must be completed before this option is active.
:OK - accepts the settings and performs the operation.

In this context, a contour is a series of elements, for example lines, in a viewport, created such that the end point of one element is the beginning point of the next. There must be a closed connection from the start vertex of the first contour element, to the end vertex of the last contour element.

When to use

Use this action to create a contour, at a constant distance from the original.

Example

The following parameter sequence creates an equidistant contour.

EQUIDISTANCE_2D :DISTANCE 25 [specify a contour] [specify which side to create the new contour]