KOMPAS-3D v23

The size of the cursor’s trap can be changed in the dialog for setting up the cursor.

Command

Command purpose and step-by-step instructions

At intersection of curves' extensions

Readout of coordinate values of the point located at the intersection of curves extensions or at the intersection of one curve with the extension of another. The intersection points of objects themselves are not processed. An extension can be constructed for line segments, circular arcs and ellipses.

1.Click on the first curve – it will be highlighted; if the curve can be extended, its extension will be displayed on the screen.

2.Hover the mouse cursor over the second curve – it will be highlighted, the curve extension (if it can be extended) and points of intersection with the first curve will be displayed on the screen.
If there are no intersections (or only the curves themselves intersect, not their extensions), then the second curve will not be highlighted.

3.Click on the second curve. After that:

•if there is only one point of intersection, its coordinates are calculated and passed into the Parameter Panel fields,

•if there are multiple points of intersection, then specify the desired point.

At distance from point

Readout of coordinate values of the point that is offset from the base point to the given value.

1.Click the base point, i. e. the point the offset will be measured from.
After that the offset vector phantom will appear on the screen, and in the Parameter Panel there will be available fields to enter distances and angle.

2.Enter any two of the parameters.

•After entering the first parameter, it is displayed on the screen as a straight line parallel to the coordinate axis, or as a radius vector of the given length, or as the radius vector direction.

•The second parameter can be specified both by entering the value in the Parameter Panel and by specifying the point in the graphic area.

The offset point coordinates are calculated and passed into Parameter Toolbar fields.

Tips and Tricks:

•To specify points, you can use snaps.

•If the command is invoked for a fixed point, this point is considered the base one (i. e. you don’t need to specify the base point). Thus you can specify the new position of the point relative to its previous position.

At distance from two curves

Readout of coordinate values of the point located at the given distances from the specified curves. The point is found as the intersection of equidistant lines of the specified curves. Equidistant lines of straight line segments are infinite, equidistant lines for the rest of elements have no extension.

1.Enter distances from the curves to the point being created.

2.Click on the first curve – it will be highlighted, its equidistant lines will be displayed on the screen.

3.Hover the mouse cursor over the second curve.
If its equidistant lines intersect with equidistant lines of the first curve, then it will be highlighted, and its equidistant lines and the intersection points of the equidistant lines of the curves will be displayed on the screen.

4.Click on the second curve. After that:

•if there is only one point of intersection of the equidistant lines, its coordinates are calculated and passed into the Parameter Panel fields,

•if there are multiple points of intersection of the equidistant lines, then specify the desired point.

The found point coordinates are calculated and passed into Parameter Toolbar fields.

Tips:

•To cancel the curve selection, remove it from the Objects list.

•You can change distances from curves to the point before clicking on the second curve.

Align by two points

Readout of coordinate values of the point aligned by two other points. A point is considered aligned by two other points if they are its projections on the current CS axes.

1.Click the first point, and then the second one of those used to align by. The points should not lie on the same axis of the current CS.
The screen will display one of two variants of the point being created.

2.Hover the cursor over the desired variant and click.

The found point coordinates are calculated and passed into Parameter Toolbar fields.

Tips:

•To specify the points from the start, unfix the First point and Second point fields on the Parameter Panel.

•To specify points, you can use snaps.

Point on curve,

nearest

to another zurve

Readout of coordinate values of the point which is located on one curve and nearest to the other curve.

1.Click on the first curve – where the point should be located.

2.Click on the second curve – to calculate the minimum distance to.

There is a point on the first curve which is the nearest one to the second curve, the coordinates of the found point are determined and passed into the Parameter Toolbar fields.

Conventional

Intersection

Readout of the coordinate values of the point located at the intersection of curve extensions with construction of the conditional intersection. The intersection points of curves themselves are not processed. You can specify the following curves: line segments, circular and elliptical arcs, equidistant lines of segments and of circular arcs.

1.Click on the first curve – it will be highlighted.

2.Hover the cursor over the second curve.

•If there is at least one construction variant for the given pair of curves, this curve is highlighted and the conditional intersection phantom appears.

•If there are two intersections, the system displays the variant which is closer to the point of specification of the second curve. To display the other variant, move the cursor to the other end of the curve.

3.Click on the second curve.

The current conditional intersection phantom is fixed, the point coordinates are determined and passed into the Parameters Panel fields.

Command

Command purpose and step-by-step instructions

Curve Length

Readout of the element length (perimeter) value.

1.Hover the cursor over the object whose length or perimeter you need to determine – the object will be highlighted.

2.Click the left mouse button – the object length value will be calculated and passed into the Parameter Panel field.

Curve segment length

Readout of length of a segment of a broken line or contour, as well as a polygon side.

1.Hover the cursor over the segment whose length you need to determine – the whole object will be highlighted.

2.Click the left mouse button – the segment length value will be calculated and passed into the Parameter Panel field.

Between Two Points

Readout of distance value between two specified points.

1.Click the first point.

2.Click the second point – the distance between the points will be calculated and passed into the Parameter Panel field.
To specify exact points, you can use snaps.

Between Two Points

on curve

Readout of length of a curve portion limited by two points of that curve.

1.Click on the curve whose portion length you need to determine.

2.Click the first point that limits the curve portion.

3.Click the second point – the length of the curve portion between the points will be calculated and passed into the Parameter Panel field.
To specify exact points, you can use Snaps.

Between two curves

Readout of distance between the nearest points of the specified curves.

1.Click on the first curve.

2.Click on the second curve – the distance between the nearest points of the curves will be calculated and passed into the Parameter Panel field.

From Point

to a curve –

By Normal

Readout of the shortest distance value between the specified point and curve.

1.Click the point. You can use a snap.

2.Click on the curve – the shortest distance between the point and the curve will be calculated and passed into the Parameter Panel field.

From the point

To Curve — By Y

Readout of the distance value between the specified point and object in the positive direction of the Y axis of the current coordinate system.

1.Click the point. You can use a snap.

2.Click on the curve – the distance between the point and the curve along the Y axis of the current coordinate system will be calculated and passed into the Parameter Panel field.

From a Point

To Curve — Against Y

Readout of the distance value between the specified point and object in the negative direction of the Y axis of the current coordinate system.

1.Click the point. You can use a Snaps.

2.Click on the curve – the distance between the point and the curve against the Y axis of the current coordinate system will be calculated and passed into the Parameter Panel field.

From a Point

To Curve — By X

Readout of the distance value between the specified point and object in the positive direction of the X axis of the current coordinate system.

1.Click the point. You can use a snap.

2.Click on the curve – the distance between the point and the curve along the X axis of the current coordinate system will be calculated and passed into the Parameter Panel field.

From the point

To Curve — Against X

Readout of the distance value between the specified point and object in the negative direction of the X axis of the current coordinate system.

1.Click the point. You can use a snap.

2.Click on the curve – the distance between the point and the curve against the X axis of the current coordinate system will be calculated and passed into the Parameter Panel field.

Diameter

Readout of the diameter value of the specified circle or arc.

1.Hover the cursor over the circle or arc whose diameter you need to determine – the object will be highlighted.

2.Click the left mouse button – the diameter value will be calculated and passed into the Parameter Panel field.

Radius

Readout of the radius value of the specified circle or arc.

1.Hover the cursor over the circle or arc whose radius you need to determine – the object will be highlighted.

2.Click the left mouse button – the radius value will be calculated and passed into the Parameter Panel field.

Ellipse Semi-Axis - Major

Readout of the major semi–axis length value of the specified ellipse (or elliptical arc).

1.Hover the cursor over the ellipse or elliptical arc whose major semi–axis value you need to determine – the object will be highlighted.

2.Click the left mouse button – the semi–axis length will be calculated and passed into the Parameter Panel field.

Ellipse Semi-Axis - Minor

Readout of the minor semi–axis length value of the specified ellipse or elliptical arc.

1.Hover the cursor over the ellipse or elliptical arc whose minor semi–axis value you need to determine – the object will be highlighted.

2.Click the left mouse button – the semi–axis length will be calculated and passed into the Parameter Panel field.

Text Line Length

Readout of the text line length.

1.Hover the cursor over the text line whose length you need to determine – the object will be highlighted.

2.Click the left mouse button – the line length will be calculated and passed into the Parameter Panel field.

Object Size — Horizontal Size

Readout of the horizontal object size. In a drawing, horizontal is a direction parallel to the X axis of the coordinate system of the view containing the object, in a fragment and sketch — the X axis of the absolute coordinate system.

1.Hover the cursor over the object whose horizontal size you need to determine – the object will be highlighted.

2.Click the left mouse button – the horizontal size value will be calculated and passed into the Parameter Panel field.

Object Size — Vertical Size

Readout of the vertical object size. In a drawing, vertical is a direction parallel to the Y axis of the coordinate system of the view containing the object, in a fragment and sketch — the Y axis of the absolute coordinate system.

1.Hover the cursor over the object whose vertical size you need to determine – the object will be highlighted.

2.Click the left mouse button – the vertical object size value will be calculated and passed into the Parameter Panel field.

Command

Command purpose and step-by-step instructions

Line/Segment Direction

Readout of the angle value between the specified straight line or segment and the positive direction of the X axis of the current coordinate system.

1.Hover the cursor over the object whose direction you need to determine – the object will be highlighted.

2.Click the left mouse button – the angle value will be calculated and passed into the Parameter Panel field.

Tangent Slope

Readout of the angle value between the tangent line to the specified curve which goes through the specified point of this curve, and the positive direction of the X axis of the current coordinate system.

1.Click on the curve.

2.Click the curve point where the tangent line should go through. You can use a snap.
The slope angle of the tangent will be calculated and passed into the Parameter Panel field.

Normal Slope

Readout of the angle value between the normal line to the curve which goes through the specified point of this curve, and the positive direction of the X axis of the current coordinate system.

1.Click on the curve.

2.Click the curve point where the normal line should go through. You can use a snap.
The slope angle of the normal will be calculated and passed into the Parameter Panel field.

If a straight–line object was specified, you don’t need to specify the point.

Arc aperture

Readout of the aperture angle of the circular arc.

1.Hover the cursor over the arc whose aperture you need to determine – the arc will be highlighted.

2.Click the left mouse button – the aperture angle value will be calculated and passed into the Parameter Panel field.

Between Lines/Segments

Readout of the angle value between two straight lines or segments.

1.Click on the first object.

2.Click on the second object – the angle between the objects will be calculated and passed in to the Parameter Panel field.

Slope of Ellipse Axis

Readout of the angle value between the major axis of an ellipse (or elliptical arc) and the positive direction of the X axis of the current coordinate system.

1.Hover the cursor over the ellipse or elliptical arc whose axis slope you need to determine – the object will be highlighted.

2.Click the left mouse button – the axis slope angle value will be calculated and passed into the Parameter Panel field.

By two points

(with X Axis)

Readout of the angle value between the straight line going through two specified points, and the positive direction of the X axis of the current coordinate system.

1.Click the first point.

2.Click the second point. To specify exact points, you can use snap.
The slope angle of the straight line going through the specified points will be calculated and passed into the Parameter Panel field.

By three points

Readout of the value of angle constructed by three specified points. Sequence of specifying: the angle vertex, the side points of the angle.

1.Click the angle vertex.

2.Click the point on the first side of the angle, and then click the point on its second side. To specify exact points, you can use snap.
The angle defined by the specified points will be calculated and passed into the Parameter Panel field.

Text Line Direction

Readout of the angle value between the specified text line and the positive direction of the X axis of the current coordinate system.

1.Hover the cursor over the text line whose slope angle you need to determine – the object will be highlighted.

2.Click the left mouse button – the slope angle of the line will be calculated and passed into the Parameter Panel field.

By Point on Circle/Arc

Readout of the angle value between the radius plotted from the center of a circle (arc) to the specified point on it, and the positive direction of the X axis of the current coordinate system.

1.Click on the circle or arc.

2.Click a point on the circle or arc. You can use a snap.
The slope angle of the radius plotted to the specified point will be calculated and passed into the Parameter Panel field.

Command

Command purpose and step-by-step instructions

Curve Length Ratio

Readout of the ratio of lengths of two specified curves.

1.Click on the first curve.

2.Click on the second curve – the ratio of the first curve to the second one will be calculated and passed into the Parameter Panel field.

Radius Ratio

Readout of the ratio of radii of two specified arcs or circles or an arc and a circle.

1.Click on the first arc or circle.

2.Click on the second arc or circle – the ratio of the first radius to the second one will be calculated and passed into the Parameter Panel field.