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Point

1. Synopsis
2. Mixins
3. Canonicals
4. Parameters
5. Group Rules
6. Example 1
7. Example 2

Synopsis

The point design is used to graphically display the location of a set of coordinates as well as specifying the location of a point using a variety of geometric methods. The point can be located by using a Cartesian coordinate system and specifying its x, y, and z location. It can also be located by using an angle and radius measured from the localFrame: of the part. The point design can also be useful as a location marker in the graphics window.

Mixins

PointMixin

InkDrawableMixin

RenderMixin

AssemblyMixin

Canonicals

Name	Type	Description
origin	point	This is the location of the point.

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
angle	number	Angle in degrees on the local X-Y plane from the local X axis to the location of the point.
radius	number	Distance from the origin of the localFrame to the location of the point.
basePoint	point	The origin of the new point can be calculated by providing this point as a reference and offsetting it by the offset vector.
offset	vector	Vector used to offset the basePoint point to calculate the new point design's origin.
x	number	Location of the new point along the X axis of the worldFrame.
y	number	Location of the new point along the Y axis of the worldFrame.
z	number	Location of the new point along the Z axis of the worldFrame.

Group Rules

<x y z> Calculates the origin from a point at the x, y,and z coordinates of the worldFrame.

<angle radius> Calculates the origin point from the angle on the localFrame's X-Y axis as measured from the localFrame's X axis, and the radius from the localFrame's origin.

<basePoint offset> Calculates the origin from the basePoint's location plus the offset vector.

Example 1

Name:	point_Ex01
Design:	acDrawingDocument

Child Name:	myArc
Child Design:	:Arc
Name	Type	Supplied
origin	point	point(0,0,0)
radius	number	1
color	string	"olive green"

Child Name:	startPt
Child Design:	:Point
Name	Type	Supplied
origin	point	myArc.startPoint
color	string	"blue"

Example 2

Name:	point_Ex02
Design:	acDrawingDocument

Child Name:	radialPt
Child List?
Child Design:	:Point
Name	Type	Supplied
Quantity	integer	50
angle	number	(child.index * 30 / child.radius ^ 0.3) ^ 1.21
radius	number	2 + child.index * 0.2
color	string	"red"