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Glossary of EM.Cube's CAD Tools

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A pyramid object exploded into its constituent faces. One face has been selected and subsequently removed.
 
==Merge Tool==
 
[[File:merge_tool_tn.png]] '''Menu → Tools → Basic → Merge'''
 
KEYBOARD SHORTCUT: None
 
FUNCTION: Combines nodal curves (polylines or NURBS curves) into a new curve or combines polymesh objects aligned along cell edges into a new polymesh object
 
TO MERGE AN OBJECT SELECTION:
 
# Activate the '''Merge Tool'''.
# Click on the objects of the same type you want to merge one by one and press the '''Enter Key''' when done.
# The original object selection is replaced with a larger object of the same type.
 
 
If there is a gap between the objects to be merged, it is eliminated as a result of merging as the last and first nodes of the two separate curves become part of a single node list.
 
 
SPECIAL CASES OR EXCEPTIONS: In order to merge one or more polymesh objects, they have to have one or more cells strictly and exactly lined up along common edges.
 
 
PYTHON COMMAND:
 
merge_curve(object_1,object_2)
 
 
[[File:merge1_tn.png|Filling Outlines]]
 
Two NURBS curve to be merged into one.
 
[[File:merge2_tn.png|Filling Outlines]]
 
The resulting merged NURBS curve with the combine nodes.
==Extrude Tool==
[[File:cad_manual-70_tn.jpg|bridge]]
 
==Fill Tool==
 
[[File:fill_tool_tn.png]] '''Menu → Tools → Transform → Fill'''
 
KEYBOARD SHORTCUT: None
 
FUNCTION: Creates a planar surface object from a closed curve object or from a set of [[Curve Objects|curve objects]] that together form a closed region
 
TO FILL CURVE OBJECT(S):
 
# Activate the '''Fill Tool'''.
# Click on the curve object(s) you want to fill one by one to select them and press the '''Enter Key''' when done.
# A new planar surface object is created in the project workspace which replaces the previously selected [[Curve Objects|curve objects]].
 
 
When you fill the area among several curves or lines that together form a closed region, the operation will trim any excess curve lengths.
 
 
SPECIAL CASES OR EXCEPTIONS: When you fill two or more closed curves, of which one completely encloses all the others, the area among the closed curves will be filled. Filling a closed polyline or a NURBS curve results in the creation of a polystrip or a NURBS strip object, respectively.
 
 
PYTHON COMMAND:
 
fill_curve(object)
 
 
[[File:fill1_tn.png]] [[File:fill2_tn.png]]
 
Three closed curves with two enclosed inside the other and the planar object resulting from filling the curves.
==Strip-Sweep Tool==
Selecting the split point on a curve object.
 
==Fill Tool==
 
[[File:fill_tool_tn.png]] '''Menu → Tools → Transform → Fill'''
 
KEYBOARD SHORTCUT: None
 
FUNCTION: Creates a planar surface object from a closed curve object or from a set of [[Curve Objects|curve objects]] that together form a closed region
 
TO FILL CURVE OBJECT(S):
 
# Activate the '''Fill Tool'''.
# Click on the curve object(s) you want to fill one by one to select them and press the '''Enter Key''' when done.
# A new planar surface object is created in the project workspace which replaces the previously selected [[Curve Objects|curve objects]].
 
 
When you fill the area among several curves or lines that together form a closed region, the operation will trim any excess curve lengths.
 
 
SPECIAL CASES OR EXCEPTIONS: When you fill two or more closed curves, of which one completely encloses all the others, the area among the closed curves will be filled. Filling a closed polyline or a NURBS curve results in the creation of a polystrip or a NURBS strip object, respectively.
 
 
PYTHON COMMAND:
 
fill_curve(object)
 
 
[[File:fill1_tn.png]] [[File:fill2_tn.png]]
 
Three closed curves with two enclosed inside the other and the planar object resulting from filling the curves.
 
==Merge Tool==
 
[[File:merge_tool_tn.png]] '''Menu → Tools → Basic → Merge'''
 
KEYBOARD SHORTCUT: None
 
FUNCTION: Combines nodal curves (polylines or NURBS curves) into a new curve or combines polymesh objects aligned along cell edges into a new polymesh object
 
TO MERGE AN OBJECT SELECTION:
 
# Activate the '''Merge Tool'''.
# Click on the objects of the same type you want to merge one by one and press the '''Enter Key''' when done.
# The original object selection is replaced with a larger object of the same type.
 
 
If there is a gap between the objects to be merged, it is eliminated as a result of merging as the last and first nodes of the two separate curves become part of a single node list.
 
 
SPECIAL CASES OR EXCEPTIONS: In order to merge one or more polymesh objects, they have to have one or more cells strictly and exactly lined up along common edges.
 
 
PYTHON COMMAND:
 
merge_curve(object_1,object_2)
 
 
[[File:merge1_tn.png|Filling Outlines]]
 
Two NURBS curve to be merged into one.
 
[[File:merge2_tn.png|Filling Outlines]]
 
The resulting merged NURBS curve with the combine nodes.
==Polygonize Tool==
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