| Product(s): | MicroStation | ||
| Version(s): | 10.00.00.25 | ||
| Environment: | Windows 8 | ||
| Area: | Manipulation | ||
| Subarea: | General |
Offsetting elements at a equal distance using along a curved element can be quite challenging with copy parallel tool.
Background
For the most part using the move/copy parallel tools does just the tool implies, it will copy elements at designated value paralled to the orignal. The challenging part is when the element is not a straight line.
Steps to Accomplish
Go to the Home>Manipulate ribbon. Click on the construct array tool
- Select the element to be arrayed
Identify the path element by selecting the endpoint of the element i.e. arc,b-spline curve, or curve
- Turn on Rotate Items option, If on, the element(s) are rotated to maintain their relative orientation to the path element.
- Move mouse along element path to define direction in which the array should be constructed. Number of copies will automatically increment as the cursor is moved along the path
- Click left button on mouse to accept last point to begin the array
(Along Path array type) Sets the way that the array is created.
- Number — Defines the number of items in the array, via the Copies setting.
- Distance — Defines the distance between items in the array, via the Distance setting.
- Both — Defines the number of items in the array and the distance between each item, via the Copies and Distance settings respectively
See the following video for difference between move/copy parallel and construct array along path:
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See Also
| Original Author: | Regie Wallace |