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Main Axis of Contour Plate PDF
Main Axis of Contour Plate PDF
All contour plate sides will have at least one "index number", the side with the largest index will form
the x-axis for the profile
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2 (2)
The side with the largest "index" will be used as the x-axis. In the picture on the previous page, you
can see a plate as it has been modeled. X and Y axis are global axis.
1) All sides have an index equal to their length, so the largest index is 310 (edge 7)
2) Edges 2,3 and 4,5,6 form a 90 degree angle with the next edge to them, so their index is
multiplied by XS_POLYGON_SQUARE_CORNER_PREFERENCE_FACTOR (2.0 by default)
Hence, they have additional indexes of 2x141 = 281, 2x283 = 566, 2x200 = 400,
2x100 = 200, 2x200 = 400, respectively
3) Edges 2,3 and 4,5 and 5,6 are parallel, so their index is multiplied by
XS_POLYGON_PERPENDICULAR_EDGE_PREFERENCE_FACTOR (1.5 by default)
Hence, they have additional indexes of 1.5x141 = 212, 1.5x283 = 425, 1.5x200 =
300, 1.5x100 = 150, 1.5x200 = 300, respectively
The largest index from all 3 steps is 566 for edge 3 from check 2). Thus, the local x-axis for this
plate is along the edge 3, and in the drawing the plate is rotated like below:
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