Location

The location of a panel is defining its geometrical position and its shape. Location can be a plane (grid plane or coordinate and axis) or a surface (sculptured or a polyface surface). It is the location that defines the shape of the panel, for example if it should be planar, knuckled or sculptured. Normally a panel has one location, but the panel model also allows for individual location data on points, curves, plates, brackets and stiffeners.

From a topological perspective, the location definition should use the model entities available in the common reference model, that is surfaces, curves, points. This to create a model where global changes are easy and fast to carry through.