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Lecture 6
CFX-Build
Lists,Groups & PCL
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Lists & Groups
In the top menu bar:
? Tools / Lists,
- is a temporary selection of entities
- can be used as immediate input to a select databox
- can be given more permanence by storing it as a
group.
? Groups:
- named selection of entities which are stored in the
database.
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Groups
? ‘ default_group’ created automatically.
? can have any number of groups.
? entities must be members of a group in order
to be displayed.
? entities may belong to more than one group.
? coordinate frames are not considered to be
members of groups.
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Group Types
? Current:
into which new entities are placed.
post-processing.
only one current group at a time.
? Target:
group that will be acted on.
translate entities from Target to Current group.
modify appearance of Target group.
? Posted:
displayed in viewports.
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Patran Command Language
? Session and journal files contain statements in
the Patran Command Language (PCL).
? PCL can be used to parameterize the
geometry.
? Advanced users of CFX-Build who know PCL
can modify the journal files.
? The database can be rebuilt from the new
journal file.
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Patran Command Language
? Patran Command Language (PCL) can be
used:
in a data entry box,[0 `sqrt(2.0)` 0],Note that two
back-quote characters are used.
in the command window to define a parameter
real width = 10.0
this variable can be typed in the data entry box of
Create/Point/XYZ to create a new point.
[`width` 0 0]
? Parameters can be changed by editing the
journal file,and the database can be rebuilt
from the new journal file.