Command Help link-quad

 

Command Name	Menu	Quick Key	Link to Command Table
link-quad	Surfaces ribbon | Create | Link | Link Quad	-	Click here

Brief Description

Create a wireframe link using points on selected segments of two strings.

Link defined segments of two strings by wireframing.  You may set up the linking parameters from the context menu (right click in the Design Window and choose Settings then select the Wireframing tab).

Link Quad gives an alternative control over linking to the tagging method and allows you to build up a complete link between strings in several stages.  For each stage you will be prompted:

How to Use

1. In the Current Objects toolbar, select or create a new current wireframe object.

2. Run the command.

3. Indicate the FIRST point on the FIRST string.

4. Indicate the SECOND point on the FIRST string.

5. Pick string segment to link  -  the segment will be highlighted.

6. Select FIRST point of NEXT segment to link to selected segment.

7. Indicate the SECOND point of the NEXT segment.

8. Pick string segment to link.

9. When the link has been made, click Finish.

Using this command in conjunction with the 3D Solid linking method. If you have strings on adjacent sections that are to be linked together, and those strings cross each other when viewed in the direction of wireframing, then temporary vertices are inserted into the string and these temporary vertices are used when the wireframe is created.  Since pairs of strings are wireframed at a time it is possible for these temporary vertices to be created for one pair of strings and not the other.  In this situation a wireframe may be built which contains inconsistencies.  Therefore the 3D-Solid method is not suitable for use with the older linking commands if adjacent sections contain strings that cross each other in the direction of wireframing. More about the 3D Solid linking method...