Cutting and extending the lines

Introduction

In order to help the user in the geometry definition, especially to avoid defects in the construction of the lines, some facilities are provided by Flux PEEC. They are available as icons in the toolbar and as commands in the menu Assimilation Conductors > Healing of geometry.

These four facilities are described in the following blocks:

  • cut line on point
  • cut two lines at their intersection
  • extend line to point
  • extend line to line

Cut line on point

To cut a line on a point:

Step Action
1 In the menu Assimilation Conductors > Healing of geometry click on the command Cut line on point.
→ A dialog box Cut line on point is open.
2

Fill in the fields:

  • choose the number of the line to cut
  • choose the number of point on line to cut
3

Validate the information by clicking on OK
→ The line is cut into two.

Cut two lines at their intersection

To cut two lines at their inters ection:

Step Action
1 In the menu Assimilation Conductors > Healing of geometry click on the command Cut two lines at their intersection.
→ A dialog box Cut two lines at their intersection is open.
2

Fill in the fields:

  • choose the number of the first line
  • choose the number of the second line
3

Validate the information by clicking on OK
→ The two lines are cut.

Extend line to point

To extend a line to a point:

Step Action
1 In the menu Assimilation Conductors > Healing of geometry click on the command Extend line to point.
→ A dialog box Extend line to point is open.
2

Fill in the fields:

  • choose the number of the line to extend
  • choose the number of the point to reach
3

Validate the information by clicking on OK
→ The line is extended.

Extend line to line

To extend a line to another line:

Step Action
1 In the menu Assimilation Conductors > Healing of geometry click on the command Extend line to line.
→ A dialog box Extend line to line is opened.
2

Fill in the fields:

  • choose the number of the line to extend
  • choose the number of the line to reach
  • choose the number of the point (belonging to the line to extend) after which the extension will be done
3 Validate the information by clicking on OK
→ The line is extended.