automatic-zone command

Syntax

sketch set automatic-zone keyword

Primary keywords:

direction    edge    size    total

Set automatic zoning of the sketch set.

direction keyword (3D only)

Control which part(s) of the extrusion are auto-zoned. If not specified, the last value specified is retained (the default is both). In FLAC2D automatic zoning is restricted to the construction setting; this keyword is not used.

both

Auto-zoning is applied to both the 2D construction data, and the 1D extrude segment data. This is the default.

construction

Auto-zoning is applied to the 2D construction data only.

extrusion

Auto-zoning is applied to the extrude segment data only.

edge f

Auto-zoning will attempt to keep the average length of a zone on an edge to the value f. If not supplied, the previous value will be used. The default value is 1.0.

min-size

Set the minimum number of zones on edges even if the provided length value would otherwise produce a smaller number of zones. The keyword is useful to assure that there would be at least certain number of zones (or more) on edges when setting zone length on all edges using Auto-zoning.

size i

Auto-zoning will assign zone sizes so that there are approximately i zones across the largest model dimension. If not supplied, the previous value will be used. The default value is 100.

total i

Auto zoning will assign zone sizes so that the total number of zones created is approximately (but not more than) i.