Curves SurfaceAnalysis

Curves SurfaceAnalysis
Menu location
Surfaces → Surface Analysis (Title)
Workbenches
Curves
Default shortcut
None
Introduced in version
-
See also
None

Description

The Curves SurfaceAnalysis tool creates visual analysis maps on selected shapes.

Different analysis modes applied to a sphere. Left to right: none, Zebra, Rainbow, Isophote

Usage

1. Select one or more sub shapes.
2. There are several ways to invoke the tool:
   • Press the Surface Analysis button.
   • Select the Surfaces → Surface Analysis option from the menu. Note that a wrong name, Title, is used in the menu.
3. A SurfaceAnalysis object is created and a zebra texture is mapped on the selected objects.
4. Optionally edit the values in the Property editor to choose a different mode and adjust the related properties (see Properties below).

Notes

• The naming and the icon in the GUI seem to be preliminary...
• The object in the Tree view is always set to Hidden, and space bar can only switch visibility on but not off. The DataVisibility property in the Property editor still works properly for this task.

Properties

See also: Property editor.

A SurfaceAnalysis object is derived from a Part Feature object and inherits all its properties. It also has the following additional properties:

View

AnalysisMode

• ViewDirection (Vector): Analysis Direction.
• ViewFixed (Bool): Fix analysis direction to global coordinate system.
• ViewMode (Enumeration): Analysis Mode.
  • Zebra (default): Applies a black and white pattern.
  • Rainbow: Applies a rainbow pattern.
  • Isophote: Applies a rainbow pattern but only shows stripes according to ViewIsoAngles and ViewIsoTolerance.
• ViewShading (FloatConstraint): Amount of shading on the analysis overlay.

AnalysisOptions

• ViewColor1 (Color): First color (Zebra, Rainbow, Isophote).
• ViewColor2 (Color): Second color (Zebra, Rainbow, Isophote).
• ViewIsoAngles (FloatList): Angles of isophote curves.
• ViewIsoTolerance (Float): Angular tolerance of isophote curves.
• ViewRainbowAngle1 (FloatConstraint): Start angle of the rainbow.
• ViewRainbowAngle2 (FloatConstraint): End angle of the rainbow.
• ViewStripesNumber (Integer): Number of stripes (Zebra, Rainbow).
• ViewStripesRatio (FloatConstraint): Relative width of stripes (Zebra).

Data

Group

• Data (Dynamic)Sources (LinkList): Input sub-shapes.