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Hull and Outfitting

Moving to a Clearance Either Side

  • Last UpdatedNov 17, 2025
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Keywords:

MOVE CLEARANCE INFRONT BEHIND

Description:

This command moves the Current Element until its geometric volume is a specified clearance from a fixed Design element, Point or position.

Examples:

MOVE ALONG X45N CLEAR BEHIND /BOX

Move the Current Element until its volume is zero clearance behind BOX (see Requirements for the Thermo Library Generation Tool).

MOVE X CLEAR 1000 INFRONT /DATUMBOX

Move the Current Element East until its volume is 1000 this side of the given fixed item (see Requirements for the Thermo Library Generation Tool).

MOVE X45N CLEAR 100 BEH IDP@

Move the Current Element along X45N until its volume is 100 beyond the cursor hit p-point (see Requirements for the Thermo Library Generation Tool).

Command Syntax:

>- MOVe <marke> -+- ALOng -.
                 |         |
                 ‘---------+- <bdir> CLEArance <uval> -+- INFront -.
                                                       |           |
                                                       ‘- BEHind --+-  <gid>--.
                                                                   |          |
                                                                   |- <marke>-|
                                                                   |          |
                                                                   ‘- <bpos> -+->

Querying:

>-- Query POSition --+-- <bpos> --.
                     |            |
                     ‘------------+-- WRT --.
                                  |         |
                                  |-- IN ---+--  <gid> --.
                                  |                      |
                                  ‘----------------------+-->

Figure 2:29. Moving to a given clearance in a specified direction

Figure 2:30. Moving to a given clearance