Each tool reacts differently to Dynamic Geometry. We have seen that some tools create an object that has D.G. (see the paragraph: How to make an object editable in D.G.). We also know which tools can take advantage of the D.G. (see the paragraph: How to edit an object in Dynamic Geometry).
What is the effect of the other tools on the Dynamic
Geometry?
q Some tools don’t use D.G. and delete the D.G. of the
object
The following tools:
· Facet extrusion on
a surface or a volume.
· Deformers
· Bend
· Delete
· Chamfer
· Thickness
· Cut
· Weld
· Suppress (delete)
coplanar faces (see chapter User Manual/ Modeling help tools/ Control panel/ Information).
· Suppress (delete)
the confused (degenerate) points (see chapter User Manual/ Modeling help tools/ Control
panel/ Information).
· Triangulate curved
faces or with more than four points (see chapter User Manual/ Modeling help tools/ Control
panel/ Information).
cannot use the Dynamic Geometry properties. Furthermore,
these tools will remove the object’s Dynamic Geometry. (Amapi 3D will no longer
display the D.G. palette described above for this object).
If you want an object to keep its D.G. properties, make
sure you don’t use any of these tools on that object.
If you
use one of these tools by mistake, press Ctrl+Z (PC), Command+Z (Mac) or select Undo in
the Edit menu. The object’s D.G. properties will be restored.
The following tools:
· Lay on
· Move
don’t use the Dynamic Geometry properties. However,
they do not delete the object’s D.G. properties.
q Some tools let the object keep its D.G properties and pass them on
The following tools:
· Duplicate
· Symmetry
allow the object to keep its D.G. properties and pass them
on to the generated object.
q Some tools let the object keep its D.G. properties but don’t pass them on
The following tools:
· Unfold
· Extract curve
· Facet extraction
allow the object to keep its D.G. properties, but
don’t pass these properties on to the generated object.