Solids Builder - Tools

To build a section model, modeling tools are required. For example, to build a link box, Nodes need some information:

• Width
• Length
• Height

This information defines the geometry of the box. This in turn is a parallelepiped. This in turn is composed of edges, which in turn is composed of vertices.

That's what build tools are for: relating model properties to your geometry.

Currently, the plugin implements the following tools:

• Flowchart - organizational tools
• Points - creation of points; the points will be used to create the geometric figures, such as lines, circles or polygons
• Vectors - creation of vectors; vectors are used to modify the plane on which a figure is drawn, to define the direction among others
• Plans - creation of plans; have an origin and a normal vector; used to create cutting planes on solids
• Curves - creation of lines, circles or polylines; use points, vectors, and planes to create simple flat or three-dimensional figures
• Regions - creation of regions, which are flat solid figures, usually used for extrusion, when polylines are not enough
• Solids - creation of 3D solids; through extrusion, transition, etc, of plane figures and directional axes, 3D solids are created
• Transformations - make it possible to rotate, move, mirror, etc the geometries; make modeling much easier
• Grip Points - exposes the grip points which are those Grip Points on the AutoCAD screen
• Finally (!!!) - exposes the created solids to be drawn in the project
• SWMM Nodes - tools that enable point devices to have the properties of SWMM nodes
• SWMM Links - tools that enable linear devices to have SWMM link properties
• EPANET Nodes - tools that enable point devices to have the properties of EPANET Nodes
• EPANET Links - tools that enable linear devices to have EPANET link properties