DISPLAY
- Last UpdatedOct 05, 2023
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Purpose
Draw specified orthogonal curve or diagonal intersections.
Syntax
DISPLAY ( DIAGONAL $W < /POINT $N $N $N >
< /VECTOR $N $N $N > !
SECTION ! WATERLINE ! BUTTOCK )
( $N < THRU $N < < INCREMENT > $N > ! $S > )
< /LAYER $N >
Description
Display calculates and displays planar intersection curves for either orthogonal or diagonal planes with all surfaces in the model. The user can specify an individual plane, a series of planes or a range of planes and incremental step.
Orthogonal planes are specified by their distance along the axis from the model origin. In the case of sections the distance units depend on the option chosen from the Setup dialog, that means, Stations, CD or Frames.
Diagonal planes are defined as a plane normal to a line, at a specified distance along the line. The line is defined by specifying the X,Y,Z coordinates of its origin and the X,Y,Z components of a direction vector. Diagonals are stored using a user supplied name.
The intersection curves generated will be stored on the current layer, unless the user specifies a layer number to use.
Command Qualifiers
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$W |
Used with Diagonal, the name under which the intersection curve is stored. |
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/POINT $N $N $N |
Used with Diagonal, to specify the X,Y,Z coordinates for the origin of the defining line. |
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/VECTOR $N $N $N |
Used with Diagonal, to specify the X,Y,Z components of the line vector. |
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$N |
Specifies the distance for a plane along an axis or diagonal vector. |
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THRU $N INC $N |
Optional parameters used with $N. Where $N is a start distance, THRU $N is the end distance and INC $N is the incremental step. If INC $N is omitted and increment of 1 is used. |
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$S |
Specifies a sequence of individual plane distances along an axis or diagonal vector. |
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/LAYER $N |
Specifies a layer number on which the intersection curves are to be stored. |