Create Feature - Notch

Purpose:

To create one or more notches in a number of shell profiles.

Prerequisites:

A shell profile (and thus at least one shell stiffener) must exist.

Instructions:

• In create mode, you must indicate one or more shell profiles in which to create the notches, and then give a notch definition. If any shell profiles are already selected, they will be used as input to this function.

You may enter notch positions or names of the seams at which to set notches in the Positions field. Multiple seam names are separated with a comma. Reference is used to tell whether co-ordinates or seam references have been entered. If Indicate Seam Refs is checked, you will instead be prompted to pick seams after the form has been closed with the Ok button. The notch type may be entered in the form, selected from a list or copied from another notch (Same As). Alternatively, the notch may be generated from an arbitrary two-dimensional curve object (Arbitrary).

• In modify mode, you may change the notch definition. The modification will only affect the notches in the selected shell profile. If notches have been created in several profiles at once, the notch definitions in the different profiles must be changed one at a time.

Options:

Not available.

Result:

• In create mode, notches will be created in the selected shell profiles. The Select Submenu - Apply function must be used to commit the addition of notches to the shell profile.

• In modify mode, the shell profile will be updated with the new notch definition. To make changes permanent, Apply must be used. Using the Select Submenu - Deactivate function before the changes have been applied will undo them.