Orientate Penetrations

The Orientate menu options allows you to reorientate penetration elements in the following ways:

Rotate

Allows you to rotate a penetration hole or penetrating item about the axis of the penetration. To do so, navigate to the element to be rotated and select this option; the Rotate form displays:

This form allows you to specify the angle through which you want to rotate a penetration hole or a penetrating item about its axis. This is most likely to be required when the hole (as defined by the SBFI geometry) or the item (as defined by the ATTA or FITT geometry) is non-circular.

In the Angle text-box, enter the angle (in degrees) through which the currently selected element is to be rotated. (The axis of rotation is derived automatically from the penetration geometry).

Align with ref.

Allows you to realign a penetrating item when you have rotated the hole through which it passes. Conversely, you can realign a penetration hole with a penetrating item which you have rotated. Navigate to the element to be reorientated before selecting this option. (You may also need to reposition the element in a similar way).

Angle

The preceding two options allowed you to orientate penetration items by rotation about the penetration axis. This option allows you to orientate a penetration hole relative to the normal through the penetrated item; that is, it allows you to orientate a penetration hole to suit an angled penetration. Navigate to the element (SBFI) to be rotated and select this option; the Set Angled form displays:

Normal to surface sets the axis of the hole normal to the penetrated item regardless of the angle of the penetrating item.

Align with attached sets the axis of the hole parallel to the axis of the penetrating item.

Specify direction sets the axis of the hole to the angle which you enter in the Direction text-box. You can specify this angle in any coordinate system you choose (wrt World by default), independent of the orientations of the penetrating and penetrated items.