From 355d3656bbf3f88b3214f6eb70fbd6f81453b854 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: rnc Date: Wed, 18 Apr 2012 13:07:52 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] documentation update --- .../gui/GEOM/input/creating_sketcher.doc | 78 +++++++++++++------ 1 file changed, 56 insertions(+), 22 deletions(-) diff --git a/doc/salome/gui/GEOM/input/creating_sketcher.doc b/doc/salome/gui/GEOM/input/creating_sketcher.doc index 4747955bd..d649a0f05 100644 --- a/doc/salome/gui/GEOM/input/creating_sketcher.doc +++ b/doc/salome/gui/GEOM/input/creating_sketcher.doc @@ -2,48 +2,63 @@ \page create_sketcher_page 2D Sketcher -The 2D Sketcher allows you to create a profile made of curves of 2 types: line segments and arcs. +The 2D Sketcher allows you to draw 2D shapes on a working plane. You can create on this plane: -Example: + + +The \b Result is a \b Wire + +\n Example: \image html sketch_example.png To create a 2D Sketch:
    -
  1. In the main menu select New Entity -> Basic -> 2D Sketch or click on \image html sketch.png
    2. +
  2. In the main menu select New Entity -> Basic -> 2D Sketch or click on \image html sketch.png
    3. + +
  3. Select the \b plane or the planar face on which to create the sketch. +\note By default the sketch is created on the XOY plane of the global coordinate system. +If Local Coordinate Systems have been created in the study they appear in the combobox and can be selected as reference coordinate system.
    4. -
  4. Select the plane or the planar face on which to create the sketch. By default the sketch is created on the XOY plane of the global coordinate system. -If Local Coordinate systems have been created in the study they appear in the combobox and can be selected as reference coordinate system.
    5. +
  5. Choose a \b segment or an \b arc element to start a \b profile or choose \b rectangle to draw a rectangle. + +\n If you draw a \b profile:
  6. Select a start point. By default the start point of the curve is located at the point of -origin of the reference coordinate system and the curve lies in the -plane XOY.
    7. +origin of the reference coordinate system.
  7. Create curve portions and click on \b Apply after each step.
  8. Select either \b Close or Sketch Closure if you want to close the profile before closing the window.
-To create a \b Segment: +\n To create a \b Segment:
  1. In the Element Type part of the dialog box select: \image html line_icon.png
    2. -
  2. You can define the segment by either it's end point or a \b direction and a length. The direction is defined relatively to the tangent at the last point of the sketch. It can be: - - - Tangent (colinear to the tangent at the last point) - - Perpendicular - - Defined by an angle - - Defined by a vector (Vx, Vy) +
  3. You can define the segment by either it's end point or a \b direction and a \b length. The direction is defined relatively to the tangent at the last point of the sketch. It can be: +
      +
    • Tangent (colinear to the tangent at the last point)
      • +
    • Perpendicular
      • +
    • Defined by an angle
      • +
    • Defined by a vector (Vx, Vy)
      • +
-To create an \b Arc: +\n To create an \b Arc:
  1. In the Element Type part of the dialog box select \image html arc_icon.png
    2. @@ -71,10 +86,7 @@ To create an \b Arc:
-For the first segment or arc of the sketch the reference direction is the X direction of the reference coordinate system. - -\n The Result of the operation will be a \b Wire. - +\note For the first segment or arc of the sketch the reference direction is the X direction of the reference coordinate system. \n Dialog Box: @@ -82,8 +94,9 @@ For the first segment or arc of the sketch the reference direction is the X dire \n Arguments:
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  1. Coordinate system (Local or Global CS can be selected)
    2. -
  2. Element type (segment or arc).
    3. +
  3. Coordinate system (Existing Local CS or Global CS can be selected)
    4. +
  4. A plane or a planar face to define a new Local Coordinate System +
  5. Element type (segment, arc or rectangle).
  6. Destination type (point or direction).
  7. Destination point by means of: