AEATECHNOLoGY ENGINEERING SOFTWAR Lecture 6 CFX-Build Lists, Groups &PCI CFX-4 CFX4.3V4.3.1H Introductory Training(Dec 1999
CFX-4 Introductory Training (Dec 1999) 6 -1 CFX-4.3 V4.3.1H Lecture 6 CFX-Build Lists, Groups & PCL
AEATECHNOLOGY ENGINEERING SOFTWAR Lists& Groups In the top menu bar Tools /Lists is a temporary selection of entities can be used as immediate input to a select databox can be given more permanence by storing it as a group Groups named selection of entities which are stored in the database CFX-4 CFX4.3V4.3.1H Introductory Training(Dec 1999
CFX-4 Introductory Training (Dec 1999) 6 -2 CFX-4.3 V4.3.1H Lists & Groups In the top menu bar: Tools / Lists : - is a temporary selection of entities - can be used as immediate input to a select databox - can be given more permanence by storing it as a group. Groups: - named selection of entities which are stored in the database
AEATECHNOLoGY ENGINEERING SOFTWAR Groups default group'created automatically can have any number of groups entities must be members of a group in order to be displayed entities may belong to more than one group coordinate frames are not considered to be members of groups CFX-4 CFX4.3V4.3.1H Introductory Training(Dec 1999
CFX-4 Introductory Training (Dec 1999) 6 -3 CFX-4.3 V4.3.1H Groups ‘default_group’ created automatically. can have any number of groups. entities must be members of a group in order to be displayed. entities may belong to more than one group. coordinate frames are not considered to be members of groups
AEATECHNOLOGY ENGINEERING SOFTWAR Group Types Current into which new entities are placed post-processing only one current group at a time Target group that will be acted on translate entities from Target to Current group modify appearance of Target group Posted displayed in viewports CFX-4 CFX4.3V4.3.1H Introductory Training(Dec 1999
CFX-4 Introductory Training (Dec 1999) 6 -4 CFX-4.3 V4.3.1H Group Types Current: - into which new entities are placed. - post-processing. - only one current group at a time. Target: - group that will be acted on. - translate entities from Target to Current group. - modify appearance of Target group. Posted: - displayed in viewports
AEATECHNOLOGY ENGINEERING SOFTWAR Patran Command Language Session and journal files contain statements in the Patran Command Language(PCL) PCL can be used to parameterize the geometry Advanced users of cfX-build who know PcL can modify the journal files The database can be rebuilt from the new journal file 65 CFX-4 CFX4.3V4.3.1H Introductory Training(Dec 1999
CFX-4 Introductory Training (Dec 1999) 6 -5 CFX-4.3 V4.3.1H Patran Command Language Session and journal files contain statements in the Patran Command Language (PCL). PCL can be used to parameterize the geometry. Advanced users of CFX-Build who know PCL can modify the journal files. The database can be rebuilt from the new journal file
AEATECHNOLOGY ENGINEERING SOFTWAR Patran Command Language Patran Command Language(PCL) can be used in a data entry box: [0 sqrt(2.0)o]. Note that two back-quote characters are used in the command window to define a parameter real width= 10.0 this variable can be typed in the data entry box of Create/Point/XYZ to create a new point Twidth0oI Parameters can be changed by editing the journal file and the database can be rebuilt from the new journal file 6-6 CFX-4 CFX4.3V4.3.1H Introductory Training(Dec 1999
CFX-4 Introductory Training (Dec 1999) 6 -6 CFX-4.3 V4.3.1H Patran Command Language Patran Command Language (PCL) can be used: - in a data entry box: [0 `sqrt(2.0)` 0]. Note that two back-quote characters are used. - in the command window to define a parameter real width = 10.0 this variable can be typed in the data entry box of Create/Point/XYZ to create a new point. [`width` 0 0] Parameters can be changed by editing the journal file, and the database can be rebuilt from the new journal file