Software Customisation Reference Manual
PML 1 Expressions : Positions, Directions and Orientations in Expressions (AVEVA E3D™ only) : Direction
Direction
The basic ways of defining a direction are:
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Direction attribute plus optional WRT. For example,
HDIR OF /PIPE1 WRT /*
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Cartesian direction. For example,
N 45 W
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Cartesian direction WRT to an element.
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All Cartesian directions are returned in the axis of the owner of the current element. For example:
(U WRT CE )
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will return the Z axis of the current element relative to its owner.
Q ( Z WRT /SCTN )
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will return the Z axis direction of /SCTN relative to the owner of the current element. For example, if the result is required in world coordinates the current element must be the World or a Site.
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FROM pos2 TO pos2. For example
FROM N 50 WRT CE TO N 100
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Keyword AXES followed by a p-point or pline.
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The CLOSEST keyword, which will find the closest element in a particular direction. The syntax is:
>- CLOSEST type -+- WITH exp -.
                 |            | 
                 ‘------------+- DIRECTION dir -+- EXTENT val -.
                                                |              | 
                                                ‘--------------+--> cont
                                                     
         continued >-+- AFTER val -.
                     |             |
                     ‘-------------+- FROM ? -.
                                   |          |
                                   ‘----------+-->
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In the above graph the keywords are:
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EXTENT, which is how far to search in the direction specified, default 10M
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AFTER, or the distance along vector after which to start search, default 0M
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FROM, which specifies an alternative start point other than current element. This is of particular use for a branch where you might want to specify the HPOS or TPOS.
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Examples are:
CLOSEST DIR E
CLOSEST BOX WITH ( PURP EQ ’FLOO’ ) DIR D WRT /* EXTENT 20M
CLOSEST VALVE DIR N 45 U FROM E100 N200 U300
CLOSEST BRAN HANG AFTER 2M
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