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- UNI Menu: SETOP
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- Unites two interpenetrating solid entities into a single new entity.
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- 1. (IND) first solid to unite
- 2. (Y/N) confirm choice
- 3. (IND) second solid to unite
- 4. (Y/N) confirm choice
- 5. (Y/N) keep the result?
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- Description:
- This command unites two entities that interpenetrate.
- Parameters 1 and 2 ask you to identify the first entity and confirm your
- choice.
- Parameters 3 and 4 do the same for the second entity. The system displays the
- resultant entity and asks you (parameter 5) if you wish to keep it.
- The result of this process is a complex solid entity (data type 9). If only
- one of the entities involved in this operation is an axial wall the result is
- a complex wall that continues to possess wall characteristics but the commands
- \chaw, \chaa, \fixw, and \fixa no longer function.
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- Example: \uni (ind) y (ind) y y
-
- Result: The two interpenetrating entities are fused into a single entity,
- which is saved.
- Limitations
- 1. It is recommended to execute \uni on entities of the same color otherwise
- the color of the resultant entity is unpredictable.
- 2. When two entities exist in different layers, the resulting solid will
- reside in the layer of the first entity.
- 3. If \uni is executed on two entities that are not in contact with each other
- they will nevertheless be united into a single complex entity.
- 4. The number of \uni commands that may be executed on any entity is limited
- by the maximum of 200 points on any one of its polygons. You will be
- notified if you go beyond this limit.
- 5. It is not possible to execute \uni on negative entities.
- 6. This command will not operate on placed entities that contain negative
- solids or 2D entities.