Utilities Application Examples
 
 

Translate

1.  Select objects (curves and/or surfaces).  Pick two points and .  NOTE:  When surfaces are translated, their children (parametric curves) are translated concurrently.

2.  Select objects (curves and/or surfaces) and a vector. Enter a distance in  (for the translation shown below, the distance was 1)  and click .

 
 
 

Mirror

Select objects to mirror (curves and/or surfaces).  Define the plane of reflection by picking a point and a vector (or enter vector components, VX, VY, and VZ, in the vector application).  Click .  NOTE:  Mirrored surfaces are placed in the same group as the original and are assigned a periodic surface boundary condition.  Also, any children of mirrored surfaces are mirrored, too.

 
 
 

Rotate

Define the point and axis of rotation by selecting a point and a vector (or enter vector components, VX, VY, and VZ, in the vector application).  Enter the angle of rotation in  (angle shown below is 120o). Select the objects to rotate and .

 
 
 

Scale

Enter values in  , , (for the scaling shown below, the scale factors are 0.5, 0.5, and 0.5, respectively).  Select objects (curves and/or surfaces) to scale and a datum point from which to scale.  Click .

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