Geometry Modeling
Introduction to Geometry Modeling
Overview of Capabilities
Concepts and Definitions
Parameterization
Topology
Connectivity
Effects of Parameterization, Connectivity and Topology in Patran
Global Model Tolerance & Geometry
Types of Geometry in Patran
Trimmed Surfaces
Solids
Parametric Cubic Geometry
Matrix of Geometry Types Created
Building An Optimal Geometry Model
Building a Congruent Model
Building Optimal Surfaces
Decomposing Trimmed Surfaces
Building B-rep Solids
Building Degenerate Surfaces and Solids
Accessing, Importing & Exporting Geometry
Overview
Direct Geometry Access of CAD Geometry
Accessing Geometry Using Patran Unigraphics
Accessing Geometry Using Patran ProENGINEER
PATRAN 2 Neutral File Support For Parametric Cubic Geometry
Coordinate Frames
Coordinate Frame Definitions
Overview of Create Methods For Coordinate Frames
Translating or Scaling Geometry Using Curvilinear Coordinate Frames
Create Actions
Overview of Geometry Create Action
Creating Points, Curves, Surfaces and Solids
Create Points at XYZ Coordinates or Point Locations (XYZ Method)
Create Point ArcCenter
Extracting Points
Interpolating Points
Intersecting Two Entities to Create Points
Creating Points by Offsetting a Specified Distance
Piercing Curves Through Surfaces to Create Points
Projecting Points Onto Surfaces or Faces
Creating Curves Between Points
Creating Arced Curves (Arc3Point Method)
Creating Chained Curves
Creating Conic Curves
Extracting Curves From Surfaces
Creating Fillet Curves
Fitting Curves Through a Set of Points
Creating Curves at Intersections
Manifold Curves Onto a Surface
Creating Curves Normally Between a Point and a Curve (Normal Method)
Creating Offset Curves
Projecting Curves Onto Surfaces
Creating Piecewise Linear Curves
Creating Spline Curves
Creating Curves Tangent Between Two Curves (TanCurve Method)
Creating Curves Tangent Between Curves and Points (TanPoint Method)
Creating Curves, Surfaces and Solids Through a Vector Length (XYZ Method)
Creating Involute Curves
Revolving Curves, Surfaces and Solids
Creating Orthogonal Curves (2D Normal Method)
Creating 2D Circle Curves
Creating 2D ArcAngle Curves
Creating Arced Curves in a Plane (2D Arc2Point Method)
Creating Arced Curves in a Plane (2D Arc3Point Method)
Creating Surfaces from Curves
Creating Composite Surfaces
Decomposing Trimmed Surfaces
Creating Surfaces from Edges (Edge Method)
Extracting Surfaces
Creating Fillet Surfaces
Matching Adjacent Surfaces
Creating Constant Offset Surface
Creating Ruled Surfaces
Creating Trimmed Surfaces
Creating Surfaces From Vertices (Vertex Method)
Extruding Surfaces and Solids
Gliding Surfaces
Creating Surfaces and Solids Using the Normal Method
Creating Surfaces from a Surface Mesh (Mesh Method)
Creating Midsurfaces
Creating Solid Primitives
Creating a Solid Block
Creating Solids from Surfaces (Surface Method)
Creating a Boundary Representation (B-rep) Solid
Creating a Decomposed Solid
Creating Solids from Faces
Creating Solids from Vertices (Vertex Method)
Gliding Solids
Feature Recognition (Pre-release)
Feature Types
Overview of the Feature Recognition Modules
Feature Recognition
Edit Hole Feature
Edit Hole Feature using Radius Constraint
Edit Blend Feature
Edit Blend Feature using Radius Constraint
Edit Chamfer Feature
Edit Chamfer Feature using Height Constraint
Edit Feature Parameters
Show Hole Feature
Show Hole Feature using Radius Constraint
Show Blend Feature
Show Blend Feature using Radius Constraint
Show Chamfer Feature
Show Chamfer Feature using Height Constraint
Show Feature Information
Delete Hole Feature
Delete Hole Feature using Radius Constraint
Delete Blend Feature
Delete Blend Feature using Radius Constraint
Delete Chamfer Feature using Height Constraint
Delete Chamfer Feature
Delete Any Feature
Clear Feature
Creating Coordinate Frames
Creating Coordinate Frames Using the 3Point Method
Creating Coordinate Frames Using the Axis Method
Creating Coordinate Frames Using the Euler Method
Creating Coordinate Frames Using the Normal Method
Creating Coordinate Frames Using the 2 Vector Method
Creating Coordinate Frames Using the View Vector Method
Creating Planes
Creating Planes with the Point-Vector Method
Creating Planes with the Vector Normal Method
Creating Planes with the Curve Normal Method
Creating Planes with the Plane Normal Method
Creating Planes with the Interpolate Method
Creating Planes with the Least Squares Method
Creating Planes with the Offset Method
Creating Planes with the Surface Tangent Method
Creating Planes with the 3 Points Method
Creating Vectors
Creating Vectors with the Magnitude Method
Creating Vectors with the Interpolate Method
Creating Vectors with the Intersect Method
Creating Vectors with the Normal Method
Creating Vectors with the Product Method
Creating Vectors with the 2 Point Method
Creating P-Shapes
Rectangle
Quadrilateral
Triangle
Disc
Cylinder
Cone
Sphere
Paraboloid
Five-Sided Box
Six-Sided Box
Edit P-Shapes
Delete Actions
Overview of the Geometry Delete Action
Deleting Any Geometric Entity
Deleting Points, Curves, Surfaces, Solids, Planes or Vectors
Deleting Coordinate Frames
Edit Actions
Overview of the Edit Action Methods
Editing Points
Equivalencing Points
Editing Curves
Breaking Curves
Blending a Curve
Disassembling a Chained Curve
Extending Curves
Merging Existing Curves
Refitting Existing Curves
Reversing a Curve
Trimming Curves
Editing Surfaces
Surface Break Options
Blending Surfaces
Disassembling Trimmed Surfaces
Editing Edges from Surfaces
Matching Surface Edges
Extending Surfaces
Refitting Surfaces
Reversing Surfaces
Sewing Surfaces
Subtracting Surfaces
Trimming Surfaces to an Edge
Adding a Fillet to a Surface
Adding a Hole to Surfaces
Removing a Hole from Trimmed Surfaces
Adding a Vertex to Surfaces
Removing a Vertex from Trimmed Surfaces
Editing Solids
Breaking Solids
Blending Solids
Disassembling B-rep Solids
Refitting Solids
Reversing Solids
Solid Boolean Operation Add
Solid Boolean Operation Subtract
Solid Boolean Operation Intersect
Creating Solid Edge Blends
Imprinting Solid on Solid
Solid Shell Operation
Editing Features
Suppressing a Feature
Unsuppressing a Feature
Editing Feature Parameters
Feature Parameter Definition
Show Actions
Overview of the Geometry Show Action Methods
The Show Action Information Form
Showing Points
Showing Point Locations
Showing Point Distance
Showing the Nodes on a Point
Showing Curves
Showing Curve Attributes
Showing Curve Arc
Showing Curve Angle
Showing Curve Length Range
Showing the Nodes on a Curve
Showing Surfaces
Showing Surface Attributes
Showing Surface Area Range
Showing the Nodes on a Surface
Showing Surface Normals
Showing Solids
Showing Solid Attributes
Showing Coordinate Frames
Showing Coordinate Frame Attributes
Showing Planes
Showing Plane Attributes
Showing Plane Angle
Showing Plane Distance
Showing Vectors
Showing Vector Attributes
Transform Actions
Overview of the Transform Methods
Transforming Points, Curves, Surfaces, Solids, Planes and Vectors
Translating Points, Curves, Surfaces, Solids, Planes and Vectors
Rotating Points, Curves, Surfaces, Solids, Planes and Vectors
Scaling Points, Curves, Surfaces, Solids and Vectors
Mirroring Points, Curves, Surfaces, Solids, Planes and Vectors
Moving Points, Curves, Surfaces, Solids, Planes and Vectors by Coordinate Frame Reference (MCoord Method)
Pivoting Points, Curves, Surfaces, Solids, Planes and Vectors
Positioning Points, Curves, Surfaces, Solids, Planes and Vectors
Vector Summing (VSum) Points, Curves, Surfaces and Solids
Moving and Scaling (MScale) Points, Curves, Surfaces and Solids
Transforming Coordinate Frames
Translating Coordinate Frames
Rotating Coordinate Frames
Verify Actions
Verify Action
Verifying Surface Boundaries
Verifying Surfaces for B-reps
Verify - Surface (Duplicates)
Associate Actions
Overview of the Associate Action
Associating Point Object
Associating Curve Object
Disassociate Actions
Overview of the Disassociate Action Methods
Disassociating Points
Disassociating Curves
Disassociating Surfaces
The Renumber Action... Renumbering Geometry
Introduction
Renumber Forms
Renumber Geometry
Geometry Modeling
Renumber Forms
firstpage
HTOC_geometry_create_action
overview_geometry
create_point
create_curve
create_surface
create_solid
C_grid_XYZ
geo_arc_center
C_grid_extract
single_point_extract
multiple_points_extract
multiple_points_extract_parametric
HTOC_between_two_points
C_grid_interpolate_curve
C_grid_intersect
C_point_offset
C_grid_pierce
C_grid_project_norm_surf
example_normal_surf
example_define_vector
example_view_vector
C_line_point_2
HTOC_creating_curves_through_2_points
curve_point2
C_line_point_3
curve_point3
C_line_point_4
curve_point4
C_parametric_positions_line
C_line_arc3point
C_curve_chain
C_line_conic
C_curve_extract
C_curve_extract_C2
C_line_fillet
C_line_fit
C_curve_intersect_loft
C_curve_intersect_plane_surf
intersect_parameters_sub
intersect_plane_plane
C_curve_manifold_2point
curve_manifold_Npoints
manifold_parameters_sub
C_line_normal
curve_offset_constant
curve_offset_variable
parametric_values_offset
C_curve_project_norm_plane
C_curve_project_norm_surf
project_parameters_sub
C_line_PWL
geo_loft_spline
HTOC_the_loft_spline_option
HTOC_creating_spline_curves_with_the_b_spline_opti
C_line_tancurve
C_line_tanpoint
C_line_XYZ
C_patch_XYZ
C_hpats
S_line_involute
HTOC_the_angles_option
HTOC_creating_involute_curves_with_the_radii_optio
C_curve_revolve
S_surface_revolve
C_solid_revolve
C_curve_2D_normal
HTOC_input_length_option
HTOC_creating_orthogonal_curves_with_the_calculate
C_curve_2D_circle
C_curve_2D_arcangle
C_curve_2D_arc2point
HTOC_creating_arc_xd5_ed_curves_with_the_center_op
HTOC_creating_arc_xd5_ed_curves_with_the_radius_op
C_curve_2D_arc3point
HTOC_surface_curve_methods
C_ruled_surf_2curves
C_surf_curve_3
C_surf_curve_4
C_surf_curve_n
composite_surfaces
composite_surface_options
composite_example
C_surface_decompose
C_surf_intersect_edge_method
C_surf_extract_method
HTOC_the_parametric_option
HTOC_extracting_surfaces_with_the_face_option
C_patch_fillet
C_patch_match
asm_surface_offset
C_ruled_surf
C_trim_surf
C_planar_trim_surf
geo_auto_chain
HTOC_composite_trimmed_surfaces_overview
C_surface_vertex
C_surface_extrude
S_solid_extrude
C_surface_glide
C_surface_glide2
C_surface_normal
S_solid_normal
create_surface_mesh
C_surface_mesh
surface_midsurface_auto
surface_midsurface_trim
create_solid_primitive
primitive_block
primitive_cylinder
primitive_sphere
primitive_cone
primitive_torus
boolean_solid_parameters
C_solids_surface_2
HTOC_between_two_surfaces
C_solids_surface_3
C_solids_surface_4
HTOC_n_surface_option_surface_method_
C_solids_brep
C_solids_decompose
C_solids_face_6
C_hpat_vertex
S_solid_glide
create_coord
C_cord_3point
C_cord_axis
C_cord_axis_YZ
C_cord_axis_ZX
C_cord_euler
C_rotation_parameters
C_cord_normal
C_cord_2vector
C_cord_viewvector
plane_point_vector
plane_vector_normal
plane_curve_normal
curve_normal_point
curve_normal_parametric
C_cord_plane_plane
plane_interpolate
interpolate_uniform
interpolate_nonuniform
plane_least_squares
least_squares_point
least_squares_curve
least_squares_surface
plane_offset
plane_surface_tangent
surface_tangent_point
surface_tangent_parametric
plane_3points
vector_magnitude
C_grid_interpolate_point
vector_interpolate
vector_intersect
vector_normal
vector_normal_plane
vector_normal_surface
vector_normal_elementface
vector_product
vector_2point
rectangle_pshape
quadrilateral_pshape
triangle_pshape
disc_pshape
cylinder_pshape
cone_pshape
sphere_pshape
paraboloid_pshape
five_sided_pshape
six_sided_pshape
HTOC_geometry_delete_action
delete
HTOC_auto_execute_is_off_by_default
HTOC_using_the_abort_and_undo_buttons
D_any
D_point
D_curve
D_surface
D_solid
D_planes
D_vectors
D_coord
HTOC_geometry_edit_action
overview_edit
geom_point_equiv
E_curve
E_curve_break_point
E_curve_break_parametric
E_curve_break_plane
E_line_blend
geo_disassemble_chain
E_curve_extend_1curve
E_curve_extend_through_points
E_curve_extend_full_circle
E_curve_extend_2curve
E_line_merge
E_curve_refit_uniform
E_curve_reverse
E_curve_trim_point
E_curve_trim_parametric
E_surface
surface_break_options
E_surface_break_curve
E_surface_break_surface
E_surface_break_plane
break_surface_plane_examples
E_surface_break_point
E_surface_break_2point
E_surface_break_parametric
E_patch_blend
geo_disassemble_surf
surface_remove_edge_edge
surface_remove_edge_length
E_surface_edge_match
HTOC_surface_edge_match_with_the_2_surface_option
edge_match_surface_point
edit_surface_extend
surface_extend_2surf
surface_extend_curve
surface_extend_plane
surface_extend_point
surface_extend_surf
surface_extend_param
surface_extend_length
edit_surface_refit
E_surface_reverse
geom_surface_sew
C_surf_subtract_method
surface_trim_curve
surface_add_fillet
surface_add_hole
E_surface_center_point
E_surface_project_vector
E_surface_inner_loop
surface_remove_hole
surface_add_vertex
surface_remove_vertex
E_solids
HTOC_solid_break_options
E_solid_break_point
E_solid_break_parametric
HTOC_breaking_a_solid_with_the_curve_option
E_solid_break_plane
E_solid_break_plane_examples
E_solid_break_surface
E_hpat_blend
geo_disassemble_solid
geo_refit_solid
E_solid_reverse
edit_boolean_add
edit_boolean_subtract
edit_boolean_intersect
solid_fillet_edge
imprint_solid_solid
edit_solid_shell
edit_feature_suppress
edit_feature_unsuppress
edit_feature_parameters
feature_parameter_definition
HTOC_geometry_show_action
overview_show
S_entity_info_table
S_point_location
S_point_distance
distance_point
distance_curve
distance_surface
distance_plane
distance_vector
S_point_node
S_curve_attributes
S_curve_arc
S_curve_angle
S_curve_length_range
S_curve_node
S_surface_attributes
S_surface_area_range
S_surface_node
S_surface_normal
S_solid_attributes
S_coord_attributes
S_plane_attributes
show_plane_angle
show_plane_distance
S_vector_attributes
HTOC_transform_action
overview_transform_methods
HTOC_transforming_points_curves_surfaces_and_solid
T_transform_grids
T_transform_curves
T_transform_surfaces
T_transform_solids
T_translate_point
T_translate_curve
T_translate_surface
T_create_translate_solids
T_create_translate_planes
T_create_translate_vectors
T_rotate_point
T_rotate_curve
T_rotate_surface
T_rotate_solids
T_rotate_planes
T_rotate_vectors
T_scale_point
T_scale_curve
T_scale_surface
T_scale_solids
T_scale_vectors
T_mirror_point
T_mirror_curve
T_mirror_surface
T_mirror_solids
T_mirror_planes
T_mirror_vectors
T_mcoord_point
T_mcoord_curve
T_mcoord_surface
T_mcoord_solids
T_mcoord_planes
T_mcoord_vectors
T_pivot_point
T_pivot_curve
T_pivot_surface
T_pivot_solids
T_pivot_planes
T_pivot_vectors
T_position_point
T_position_curve
T_position_surface
T_position_solids
T_position_planes
T_position_vectors
T_vsum_point
T_vsum_line
T_vsum_patch
T_vsum_hpat
T_mscale_point
T_mscale_curve
T_mscale_surface
T_mscale_solids
T_transform_coords
T_translate_coord
T_rotate_coord
HTOC_geometry_verify_action
geo_verify_action
geo_verify_surface_boundary
ver_sur_for_solid_breps
geo_verify_update_graphics
uil_app_asm_verify_surface_duplicates
point_object
curve_object
surface_object
HTOC_the_renumber_action_renumbering_nodes_and_ele
intro_renumber
renumber_forms
renum_nodes