General Moving to an Intersection

Model Reference Manual

This command differs from the basic options by allowing the movement direction and Reference Plane to be specified independently. For example, by specifying PLANE NORTH an element may be moved towards a point until a particular Northing in the Site is intersected. In addition, any design point on the Current Element (not only the origin) can be used as the positioning datum; for instance, the p-point on the flanged face of a nozzle.


Examples:
MOVE IDP@ TOW /DATUM PLANE N THROUGH N1000	Move the picked p-point (or the Current Element) towards /DATUM until it intersects N1000 (see Figure 7:22.: Moving to an intersection by separately specifying direction and plane).
MOVE ALONG E PLANE N45W DIST 20 TO /TANK5	Move the Current Element East until it intersects an oblique Reference Plane 20 before the origin of /TANK5 (see Figure 7:23.: Moving to an intersection by separately specifying direction and plane).

Note:

DISTANCE is measured in the direction of the Reference Plane and not the movement direction.

Command Syntax:

>- MOVe -+- <marke> -.
         |           |
         ‘-----------+- ALOng -.
                     |         |
                     ‘---------+- <bdir> -.
                               |          |
                               ‘----------+- PLANe <bdir> -+- <dist> -+- FROm -.
                                                           |          |        |
                                                           |          |- TO ---+- <bpos> -.
                                                           |          |                   |
                                                           |          ‘-------------------|
                                                           |                              |
                                                           |- FROm ----.                  |
                                                           |           |                  |
                                                           |- TO ------|                  |
                                                           |           |                  |
                                                           ‘- THRough -+- <bpos> ---------+->

<dist>  =  >- DISTance - <uval> ->    

Querying:

>-- Query POSition --+-- <bpos> --.
                     |            |
                     ‘------------+-- WRT --.
                                  |         |
                                  |-- IN ---+-- <gid> -->
                                  |
                                  ‘-->

Figure 7:22.

Moving to an intersection by separately specifying direction and plane

Figure 7:23.

Moving to an intersection by separately specifying direction and plane