CoCreate OneSpace Designer - Commands Reference Manual

ADD_TANGENT terminate action

ADD_TANGENT adds a tangent condition to the profile of a loft.

Syntax


-->(ADD_TANGENT)--|sel wpset|--+
                               |
      +------------<-----------+
      |
      +-----------------------------<--------------------------------+
      |                                                              |
      +--(:WORKPLANE)--|wp|-------+--+--(:DIRECTION)--|get dir|--+   |
      |                           |  |                           |   ^
      +--(:VERTEX)--|vertex|------+  +--(:WEIGHT)--|factor|------+   |
      |                              |                               |
      |                              +--(:DONE)---------->-----------+
      v                                                              |
      |                            +---------------<-------------+   |
      |                            |                             |   |
      +--(:CONTOUR)--|line|--------+--(:TANGENT_ANGLE)--|angle|--+   ^
                                   |                             |   |
                                   +--(:WEIGHT)--|factor|--------+   |
                                   |                                 |
                                   +--(:DONE)----------->------------+---->

Options

The following options are available to add your tangent.

:WORKPLANE - tangent will apply to entire workplane.
:VERTEX - tangent will apply to a vertex.
:CONTOUR - tangent will apply to a contour.
:DIRECTION- direction of tangent.
:WEIGHT - weight of tangent.
:TANGENT_ANGLE - angle of tangent.

When to use

Use this action to pull the surface of your part in the direction of the tangent. Higher weights will pull the part more strongly to the tangent.

Example

The following parameter sequence adds a tangent to workplane s1/w1 and assigns it a weight of 4. When workplane set s1 is lofted the results can be viewed.