Solids Builder - Align

Align - creates a clone of anything drawable and aligns it to another (non-deformed) coordinate system:

Note, the source item will not be modified. The geometry will be cloned and then aligned with the given parameters.

The Align activity has the following properties:

• Identification
  • Name - name of the activity
    The circle name must follow the naming rules
  • Geometry to Transform - name of the geometry to be transformed
  • Object Visible - indicates whether or not the resulting geometry should be drawn in the preview
    
    
• Origin
  • Do Point - name of the Point which serves as the origin of the object's current coordinate system
  • Original X Axis - name of the vector that indicates the X axis of the object's current coordinate system
  • Original Y Axis - name of the vector that indicates the Y axis of the object's current coordinate system
  • Original Z Axis - name of the vector that indicates the Z axis of the object's current coordinate system
• Destination
  • Destination Point - name of the Point which serves as the origin of the object's current coordinate system
  • Destination X Axis - name of the vector that indicates the X axis of the object's final coordinate system
  • Destination Y Axis - name of the vector that indicates the Y axis of the object's final coordinate system
  • Destination Z Axis - name of the vector that indicates the Z axis of the object's final coordinate system

Comments:

• Even if vectors of varying lengths are provided, the transformation matrix will only consist of transformations Shift and Rotate 3D.
• The vectors must be orthogonal to each other (just like the X, Y and Z vectors in the origin)
• Use the activities Perpendicular and Product Cross to obtain orthogonal vectors

If the text gets too big/small, or the sphere that represents the point gets too big or small, use the buttons ( A, a, , ) at the top of the screen to change the preview