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Description

Creates a wireframe link between two perimeters (closed strings) or two strings.

Tag strings cannot be linked.

How to Use

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

  2. Run the command.

  3. Following the prompts in the Status Bar, select a point on the first string/perimeter.

  4. Select a point on the second string/perimeter.

  5. Repeat step 3 until all required strings/perimeters have been linked in sequence.

  6. Click Cancel.

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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...

 

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  • Use the link-to-line command to link a string to a perimeter.
  • The links take their color from the first string of each string-pair used for the linking.
  • Various settings can be used to control linking, seeWireframe Linking Settings.
  • Tag strings can be used to control linking, see use-tag-switch.
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