geometry modify shape plane
Allows you to modify a two-dimensional box 
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.Plane Tool is a two-dimensional box that gets created. You can draw a plane’s length and width in the plane of the screen or the working grid, if it is turned on. You will find planes most useful when you are creating contact forces between objects
When you create a plane, you can select to create a new part consisting of the plane geometry or add the plane geometry to an existing part or ground. If you create a new part, it has no mass since it is composed only of wire geometry.
Format:
geometry modify shape plane | |
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plane_name = | existing plane |
new_plane_name = | new name for the plane |
adams_id = | integer |
comments = | string |
ref_marker_name = | existing marker |
x_minimum = | real |
x_maximum = | real |
y_minimum = | real |
y_maximum = | real |
Example:
geometry modify shape plane & | |
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plane_name = | plane_1 & |
ref_marker_name = | marker_5 & |
x_minimum = | 100 & |
x_maximum = | 500.9 & |
y_minimum = | 100 & |
y_maximum = | 788 |
Description:
Parameter | Value Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
plane_name | Existing Plane Name | Specifies the name of the plane to be modified |
new_plane_name | New Name For The Plane | Specifies a new name for the geometry. |
adams_id | Integer | Assigns a unique ID number to the plane. |
Comments | String | Adds comments about the plane that you want to enter to help you manage and identify it. |
ref_marker_name | Existing Marker | Specifies the reference marker used to locate and orient the plane. |
x_minimum | Real | Specifies the location of one corner of the plane in coordinates relative to the reference marker |
x_maximum | Real | Specifies the location of the opposite corner of the plane in coordinates relative to the reference marker. |
y_minimum | Real | Specifies the location of one corner of the plane in coordinates relative to the reference marker. If all values are positive, the values indicate the lower left corner of the plane. |
y_maximum | Real | Specifies the location of the opposite corner of the plane in coordinates relative to the reference marker. |
Extended Definition:
1. When using the Adams View command language and naming entities, you can use the name later to refer to this entity. Adams View does not allow you to have two entities with the same full name, so you must provide a unique name. Normally, entity names are composed of alphabetic, numeric, or '_' (underscore) characters, and start with an alphabetic or '_' character. They may be of any length. For more information, see Using Extended Names.
By enclosing the name in double quotes, you can use other printable characters, or start the name with a numeral. If a name contains characters, or starts with a numeral, you must always quote the name when entering it.
Note that you can specify the parentage of an entity (for example, what part "owns" a marker or a geometry element) when you create it by changing the name. If you enter just the entity name, then Adams View assigns the default parent. If you type in the full name, then you can override the default parent. In most cases, when creating an entity, Adams View provides a default name. The default name that Adams View provides specifies the parentage that it has assumed. You can, of course, delete this name and use your own. The form of a full name is:
"...._NAME.GRAND_PARENT_NAME.PARENT_NAME.ENTITY_NAME"
The number of levels used varies from case to case and the parentage must exist before an entity can be assigned to it.
2. An Adams Solver ID is an integer used to identify the element in the Adams Solver dataset (.adm) file. You only need to specify an ID number if you have user-written subroutines.
Enter a 0 to have Adams Solver assign the ID for you.
3. For comments, you can enter any alphanumeric characters. The comments that you create appear in the Information window when you select to display information about the object, in the Adams View log file, and in a command or dataset file when you export your model to these types of files. (Note that design variables are not output to datasets; therefore, neither are their comments.)
4. If all values of x_minimum,y_minimum,x_maximum,y_maximum are positive, the values indicate the lower left corner of the plane. For example, the values of x_minimum = 10 and y_minimum = 20, place the lower left corner at 10,20 in the reference marker's coordinate system.