Spider DSA User’s Manual
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Similarly, for the Surface object, left mouse click the first point, drag to the second
point, left mouse click, and drag to the 3rd point, will create a triangle surface.
Remove object.
To remove an object graphically, first select the object type, i.e., point. Then, on
the geometry model, left mouse click the object which needs to be removed. The
selected object will be highlighted as red. Now, click the “Remove Object” button
to delete the object. Note: when a point is removed, the related lines and surfaces
will be removed too!
Decimate Model.
When import a FEA or CAD geometry model, the number of points could be too
big for modal testing. The Decimate Model button will reduce the number of
points per Tolerance or Scale definition user specified.
Component operations
Going down along the left
selects current component.
Click this icon, following “Select Current Component” window popes up,
Figure 226. Select Current Component Window
Choose the Component from the pull-down list, and click “OK”, the operation
from this point on will be on the Component selected.
move component
Click this button, the Move Component window will pop up. It allows user to
specify the component to be moved. The entries to the X, Y, and Z are the amount
of translation required, while the entries to the XY, XZ, and YZ are the rotation
angle (in degree) along each plane.
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