Positioning with respect to the Previous Component

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Piping, Ducting and Cable Trays : Positioning Components using Reference Planes : Positioning with respect to the Previous Component

Keywords:

DISTANCE POSITION

Description:

This command positions the Component on the constrained centreline at a specified distance from the origin of previous Component. Any p-point on the current element may be used, the default being the origin.


Examples:
DIST 1000	The Component will be positioned on the constrained centreline 1000 from the origin of the previous Component (see Figure 8:12.: Positioning with respect to Previous Component).
POS PA DIST 1000	As above, but the Arrive point of the Component is used (see Figure 8:13.: Positioning with respect to Previous Component).

Command Syntax:

>--+-- POSition <marke> --.
   |                      |
   ‘----------------------+-- DISTance <uval> -->

Querying:

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

Figure 8:12.

Positioning with respect to Previous Component

Figure 8:13.

Positioning with respect to Previous Component