T-FLEX Parametric CAD. Fundamentals. 2D Design

for loop:
“AxisX”, “AxisY”, “AxisZ” – X, Y, Z-coordinates of the normal to the ellipse plane;
Variables
“MaxDirectionX”, “MaxDirectionY”, “MaxDirectionZ” – X, Y, Z-coordinates of the
ellipse major axis;
“MinDirectionX”, “MinDirectionY”, “MinDirectionZ” – X, Y, Z-coordinates of the
ellipse minor axis;
“StartAngle” – the start angle;
“EndAngle” – the end angle;
“Perimeter” – loop perimeter.
The parameter names are case-insensitive. If an incorrect element name or parameter name is input, then the
function returns 0.
Examples:
Get the X-coordinate of a node named NODE_1 by calling the function GET () as follows,
get ( “NODE_1”, “X” )
Get the length of a graphic line named IMAGE_1 as follows,
get ( “IMAGE_1”, “length” )
Get the perimeter of the contour of the hatch Id 0x9000001 as follows,
get ("0x9000001”, "PERIMETER”)
Get the volume of the 3D body of a 3D fragment named 3D fragment_11 as follows,
get ("3D fragment_11”, "volume”)
To compute the total length of a chain of connected graphic lines, one could call the function GET() for each
line and sum up the results. However, a more efficient way is to construct a 2D path that follows along the
chain of the graphic lines, and create a single graphic line from this path. In this case, the 2D path is
considered a spline. Then it is easy to get the length of this single graphic line.
Using Functions DISTANCE() and MEASURE()
Function distance() returns the value of distance between two 2D or 3D elements.
The function will be automatically substituted as expression for a variable if such variable is
created when measuring distance between two 2D or 3D elements in “PM: Measure Element or
relation between two Elements” command.
The calling sequence:
distance ( “name1”, “name2” ), where
name1 - name or ID of the first element,
name2 - name or ID of the second element.
Distance can be calculated for the following pairs of 2D or 3D objects:
2D elements – is the distance between a 2D node and another 2D node, construction line, graphic line or
hatch (the order of selecting the measurable entities is not significant);
3D objects – is the distance between two arbitrary 3D objects that are 3D construction entities (except for
LCS), operations or such topological objects as an edge, loop, face, vertex.
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