Cutouts and Openings

Use the cutouts and openings table to create individual or series of cutouts/openings.

+ Add new cutout/opening.

 -  Disable/Remove this cutout/opening definition.

Copy/Paste of a given opening definition or the entire set of opening definitions can be achieved by right click on the clipboard icon next to the given opening definition or on top next to the Cutouts and Openings heading.

Method: Choose between the six different cutout methods. The different Methods are:

- Regular Series Cutout along the plate

- Regular Series Cutout in the perpendicular direction of the plate

- Variable Height Series Cutout along the plate

- Variable Height Series in the perpendicular direction of the plate

- Parametric Offset Cutout

- Cutout by trace

Name: Give a name for the individual or series of cutouts/openings.

Opening: Choose an existing opening from the drop down list, or input a custom one in the following format:

              - manholes: height x width, i.e. 600x400 

              - rounded corners rectangle: height x width x radius, i.e. 1000x600x150

              - circular: R (Radius) or D (Diameter), i.e. R250, D450

              - variable height: W (width). I.e. 600 for openings of 600 mm width and the height is perpendicular to the axes.

Note: Thickness unit is used to define opening dimensions. Use Radius 0 (zero) to create rectangular openings. I.e. 1000x600x0

Spacing: Distance between two consecutive cutouts/openings. (valid only for Series Method)

Start: Location on the chosen axis of the first cutout/opening in the series. (valid only for Series Method)

End: Location on the chosen axis of the last cutout/opening in the series.  (valid only for Series Method) 

Coordinate: The position of the cutouts/openings center along the second axes of the Plane defined above. 

I.e. if it is a Z-object and the openings should be Longitudinal, then Spacing, Start and End are X values and the Coordinate is the Y value of the openings center. (valid only for Series of identical openings)

Exceptions: Fill in locations where you want to remove certain cutouts/openings, one by one or a mini series of cutouts/openings. To separate each exception you can use spaces, semicolon or both. To indicate a series with gaps in the exception you can use the syntax (Space Start Stop). First number indicate spacing of the gap in the exception and the second where to start and the last where to stop. You can use spaces, semicolon, or curly braces to separate each exception. [#4 #12 #20] can also be written as (#4 #12 #20) or {#4 #12 #20} 

Example 1: Remove cutouts/openings at frame number 5, 10 and every 4th frame from 12 to 20.

Enter in the following as an exception:

#5; #10 [#4 #12 #20]

Additions:  Fill in locations where you want to add extra cutouts/openings, one by one or a mini series of cutouts/openings. To separate each addition you can use spaces, semicolon or both. To indicate a series with gaps in the addition you can use the syntax (Space Start Stop). First number indicate spacing of the gap in the addition and the second where to start and the last where to stop. You can use spaces, semicolon, or curly braces to separate each exception. [#4 #12 #20] can also be written as (#4 #12 #20) or {#4 #12 #20} 

Example 2: Add cutouts/openings at frame number 5, 10 and every 4th frame from 12 to 20.

Enter in the following as an addition:

#5; #10 [#4 #12 #20]

Example 3:

Create opening definition for a floor. We will create a series of 800x600 mm openings, repeating along Y axis, starting from #-13.5 to #13.5, with 1 longitudinal frame space between them, skipping those at #-4.5 and #4.5, and adding one more at #15.5 and #-15,5, at the height of 1.2 meters.  

Name  Method   Opening   Spacing  Start       End       Location    Exceptions     Additions

O1       Series      800x600     #1          #-13.5    #13.5        1.2        #-4.5, #4.5       #15.5, #-15,5

Always press Confirm to save the Cutout and Opening method. To apply the changes to the model click Generate, this to confirm the changes.