Element control

Create the comparison elements before the actual calculation. You can store the elements for later use.

There are four different types of comaprison elements. List shows also the minimum number of points needed to define an element.

• line 2
• plane 3
• circle 3
• ball 4
• cylinder 6

Only one comparison element can be active at one time. This elements is shown in the screen.

Add

Creates a new element. See Add.

Edit

Show element data. Editing is not yet allowed.

Delete

Deletes selected element from the list. Next active element is the one before deleted element or next element if deleted element was the first in the list.

Load from file

Reads elements from given file. New elements will be added to the list. If new elements have same names as currently in the list, a confirmation for replacement is asked.

Save to file

Saves all elements in the list into a file.

Save to active

Saves all elements in the list into active vector file. All elements are saved as breaklines, each element as one breakline. With the Shift-key only selected element in the list is saved.

Number of points varies according to the element type:

• line 2
• plane 5 (closed line)
• circle 17 (closed 16-corner line)
• ball 34 (2 closed 16-corner lines in two directions)
• cylinder (circles and centerline, point amount depends on cylinder length)

Special settings

There are some special settings related to this function.

PointsOnCircle

Defines number of points on breakline. Default 16.

See also: Using special settings