Expanding and Contracting CAD

[miles.c]

Is there a way in PCDMIS to make Expand or contract CAD models?

[John Riggins]

If you mean to actually change the CAD geometry, then no, PCD cannot do that.

Edit:
I may have spoken too fast. See the post below mine (#3).

[Lord_Warfield]

You can scale the model... Operations - Graphics Display - Transform. Not sure if its what you need but, you can make the cad bigger or smaller...

[John Riggins]

Very interesting.
I didn't know you could do that.
Thanks.

[KIRBSTER269]

I didn't know this either, Nice, Nice. I was told you couldn't

[KIRBSTER269]

You can take points on a model and change the number and then hit that binoculars emblem. As Shown



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[louisd]

Kirbs, that binocular is to enable the demon to "find" the vector of the feature. if the feature isn't able to snap/associate with a CAD surface, it will normalize the vector to be relative of your current workplane. Even in your pics, your J & K vectors changed to zero.

[DJAMS]

Kirby - off topic, but if you set "ProbeTesselationMultiplier=.001 in settings editor, you won't have flat spots on your balls anymore.

I think it's in the OpenGL section.

[KIRBSTER269]

DJAMS that's what is set on. I think your getting a little personal, I really don't think that's any of your business how flat my balls are
Happy Friday

[KIRBSTER269]

louisd interesting so I made the model 1 1/2 bigger hit the binoculars

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and at standard size

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now of course I had to make a sphere for the change so it re-aligns the middle of the new sphere. and I hit the binoculars.

[KIRBSTER269]

Still going to use Lord_warfields way to change the model