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This task shows how to create
surfaces in the shape of a sphere.
The spherical surface is based on a center point, an axis-system defining
the meridian & parallel curves orientation, and angular limits. |
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Open the Sphere1.CATPart
document.
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Click the Sphere icon
from the Extrude-Revolution toolbar.
The Sphere Surface Definition dialog box is displayed.
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Select the center point of the sphere.
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Select an axis-system.
This axis-system determines the orientation of the
meridian and parallel curves, and therefore of the sphere.
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By default, if no axis-system has been previously created in the
document, the axis-system is the document xyz axis-system. Otherwise the
default axis-system is the current one.
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Click Apply to preview the surface.
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Modify the Sphere radius and the Angular
Limits as required.
Here we choose -90° and 90° for the parallel curves, and 240° and
0° for the meridian curves, and left the radius at 20 mm.
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Parallel angular limits are comprised within
the -90° and 90° range.
Meridian angular limits are comprised within the -360° and 360° range. |
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Click OK to create the surface.
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The spherical surface
(identified as Sphere.xxx) is added to the specification tree. |
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You can also choose to create a whole sphere. In this case, simply click
the
icon from the dialog box to generate a complete sphere, based on the center
point and the radius. The parallel and meridian angular values are then
grayed. |
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