Wrap Solid

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  • What

Generates a simple form (parallelepiped or cylinder) starting from a complex solid.

  • Why

Generates a simple form (parallelepiped or cylinder) starting from a complex solid. The generated form "wraps" the original solid maintaining similar encumbers.



  • How

Used mainly in simplification environment to generate simplified models to use for layout planning.

Once the command is launched it shows a dialog with the possible options.

To perform the selection it's needed to select the solid and then press on the button related to the favourite form (parallelepiped or cylinder).

Chosen the option the programme shows in preview the solid generated in translucence in order to verify the result comparing it to the original.

To note that the generated preview is editable. It can be modified with the normal direct editing commands to adapt it at the desired result.

Once the choice has been confirmed the solid get definitively generated deleting the transparency. The original solid doesn't get removed automatically. To delete it, it's required to press the corresponding button.

In case that the selection is the cylindric form it's possible to perform the axis flip of the cylinder to identify the right direction.

As an example we consider to perform the simplification of the transport foot in the illustration.

The programme notice a wrong axis because of the particular form of the solid. Performing the flip the following result can be obtained.

The result can be modifed directly in the preview phase to reduce the foot height.

Once confirmed the final result is obtained.

Obviously the generated solid can be normally knead with CAD tools.