CoCreate OneSpace Designer - Commands Reference Manual

ALIGN_FACES terminate action

ALIGN_FACES substitutes the surface geometry of specified faces by the geometry of a reference face.

Syntax


                  +----------------<-----------------------+----+
                  |                                        |    |
-->(ALIGN_FACES)--+--+----(:CHANGE_FACES)--|face(s)|-------+    |
                  |  |                                     |    |
                  |  |  +--(:REFERENCE_FACE)--|face|---+   ^    |
                  |  |  |                              |   |    |
                  |  +--+                              +---+    ^
                  |  |  |                              |   |    |
             |  |  +--(:REFERENCE_PLANE)-|plane|--+   ^    |
                  |  |                                     |    |
                  |  +---(:ACCEPT)----------->-------------+    |
                  |                                             |
                  +----(:KEEP_BLEND)---------|faces|------>-----+
                  |                                             |
                  +----(:BLEND_AUTO)--->---+---(:YES)-->--+-->--+
                  |                        |              |     |
                  |                        +----(:NO)-->--+     |
                  |                                             |
                  +----(:KEEP_TANGENT)--->-+---(:YES)-->--+-->--+
                  |                        |              |     |
                  |                        +----(:NO)-->--+     |
                  |                                             |
                  |                    +------<-----+           |
                  |                    |            |           |
                  +----(:FIX_EDGES)----+---|edge|---+----->-----+
                  |                                             |
                  |                      +------<-----+         |
                  |                      |            |         |
                  +----(:UNFIX_EDGES)----+---|edge|---+---->----+
                  |                                             |
                  |                      +------<-----+         |
                  |                      |            |         |
                  +----(:UNFIX_FACES)----+---|face|---+---->----+
                  |                                             |
                  +----(:OPPOSITE)-------+--(:ON)---+-----------+
                  |                      |          |           |
                  |                      +--(:OFF)--+           |
                  |                                             |
                  +----(:BODY_CHECK)-----+--(:ON)---+-----------+
                  |                      |          |           |
                  |                      +--(:OFF)--+           |
                  |                                             |
                  +----(:PREVIEW)-------------------------------+

Options

The following options are available to define the align faces operation:

:REFERENCE_FACE - specifies geometry of the face to be used for the align operation.
:REFERENCE_PLANE - specifies the plane to be used for the align operation. When this option is used only one pair of reference/change face can be given.
:CHANGE_FACES - specifies the faces to be aligned to the reference face.
:ACCEPT - accepts a pair of reference_face/plane and change_faces. The next pair can be specified now.
:BLEND_AUTO - finds all neighbour blends/chamfers automatically. These blends/chamfers will be suppressed before the align, and resumed after the align operations is performed. This switches off :keep_blend.
:KEEP_BLEND - the user selects the blends/chamfers to be recreated. This switchtes off :blend_auto.
:KEEP_TANGENT - enables/disables the automatic recognition of tangent neighbour faces. With :keep_tangent :yes the system tries to keep the tangential transition to the neighbour faces in the align operation.
:FIX_EDGES - holds the selected edges on tangential neighbour faces fix in space. This option can only be used when :keep_tangent is on.
:UNFIX_EDGES - releases formerly fixed edges. This option can only be used when :keep_tangent is on.
:UNFIX_FACES - converts a secondary tangent face (which is kept fixed in space) to a primary tangent face (which is transformable). This option can only be used when :keep_tangent is on.
:OPPOSITE - Specifies the second possible geometry of the reference face when appropriate.
:BODY_CHECK - activates the automatic body checking operation.
:PREVIEW - allows you to preview the part with the faces aligned.

When to use

Use this command to align faces to the geometry of a reference face or faces.

Example

The following parameter sequence aligns the specified face to the reference face.