BOUNDARY LINE BINDER

This function generates a binder surface from the boundary line of a part. Once the icon is clicked, the program displays a dialog window as shown in Figure 6.2.22.

Figure 6.2.22 Boundary Line Binder

The following functions are used to generate the Boundary Line binder.

DEFINE BINDER ORIENTATION

This function defines the UV-direction of the binder surface. The cross line with the arrow controls the surface shape and must be parallel to the direction of the part boundary. Figure 6.2.23 shows a typical orientation of the U-V axes relative to the part.

Figure 6.2.23 Define Binder Orientation

CREATE BOUNDARY LINES

This function creates the boundary lines of the part. The program will create the boundary line of the part mesh and put in the current part. Figure 6.2.25 shows typical boundary lines of a part.

EDIT BOUNDARY LINE

The functions in this menu are used to edit the boundary lines generated from the CREATE BOUNDARY LINE function. Figure 6.2.24 shows the options available to edit the boundary line. The description of edit line functions is given in Section 5.1.

Figure 6.2.24 Edit Boundary Line

Figure 6.2.25 Created Boundary Line

SELECT BOUNDARY LINE

This function is used to select the desired boundary lines to generate the binder surface. The selected line will be highlighted as shown in Figure 6.2.26. Click the CREATE button to generate the binder surface. The generated binder is shown in Figure 6.2.27.

Figure 6.2.26 Selected Boundary Line

Figure 6.2.27 Created Binder

If the created binder is not acceptable, the user may edit the boundary line and create it again.

For a detailed description of other editing functions, refer to Section 6.2.1, TWO-LINE BINDER.