Use the Align/Project tool to project entities to lines, surfaces, or planes then
remap and offset projected nodes.
From the Topology ribbon, click the
Align/Project tool.
Figure 1.
Align to Lines
Use the Line tool to project nodes or points to a line along a user-defined direction
or the normal to the line selected, then remap or offset over selected reference
entities.
From the secondary ribbon, click the Lines tool.
Figure 2.
Select ordered nodes, FE edges, or points as source geometry to align/project
to onto target entities.
Check Use end nodes to auto-detect end nodes based on
your source selection and align between them. Otherwise, select target entities
to align to.
Click Along Vector to define a single direction using the Vector
tool.
All of the entities are projected along this direction.
Use the icons in the microdialog further refine the
alignment:
- Remap projected nodes to they are dispersed
evenly over the length of the line.
- If two nodes or targets are selected, toggle
to make the connecting line finite/infinite.
- Offset the target line by the specified
value
Click .
The following examples show several different alignment
use cases.
Project source nodes on to a target lineFigure 3.
Project nodes on to a smooth line (smooth lines can be defined using the
location entity)Figure 4.
Align nodes between start and end nodesFigure 5.
Align nodes with respect to reference nodesFigure 6.
Align + RemapFigure 7.
Align + OffsetFigure 8.
Align to Surfaces
Use the Surfaces tool to project nodes, elements, lines and points onto a surface
along either a user-defined direction or the normal to the surface selected.
From the secondary ribbon, click the Surfaces
tool.
Figure 9.
Select nodes, elements, lines, or points as source entities to be projected
onto the target surface.
Use the Target selector to choose the target
surface.
Click
Figure 10.
Align to Planes
Use the Planes tool to project nodes, elements, lines and points onto a plane along a
user-defined direction
From the secondary ribbon, click the Planes tool.
Figure 11.
Select nodes, elements, lines, or points as source entities to be projected
onto the target plane.
Use the Target selector on the guide bar to select between a plane or a direction.