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<h1><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><font size=4 style="font-size:14pt;"><img src="image59.gif" width="25px" height="22px" border="0" class="img_whs1"> </font></span>Modify the Location</h1>
<p class="whs2"><b style="font-weight: normal;">T</b>o<span
style="font-weight: bold;"><B> Modify the Location</B></span> in the Main Menu
select <span style="font-weight: bold;"><B>Operations - > Transformation
- > Modify the Location.</B></span></p>
<p class="whs2"> </p>
<p class="whs2">This operation modifies the <span style="font-weight: bold;"><B>Location</B></span>
of an <span style="font-weight: bold;"><B>Object. </B></span></p>
<p class="whs2"> </p>
<p class="whs2">The first algorithm places the object so that
its center coincides with the center of an End Local Coordinate System.</p>
<p class="whs2"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><B>Create a copy
</B></span>checkbox allows to keep the initial object, otherwise it will be
removed.</p>
<p class="whs2"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><font size=3 style="font-size:12pt;"><span><b style="font-weight: bold;">A</span>rguments:</b>
Name + 1 Object + End Coordinate System.</font></span></p>
<p> </p>
<p class="whs3"><img src="pics/transformation5.png" x-maintain-ratio="TRUE" width="312px" height="350px" border="0" class="img_whs4"> </p>
<p class="whs2"> </p>
<p class="whs2">In the picture the initial cube with the global
coordinate system is to
the right and the modified cube with the Local Coordinate System in the
center of it is to the left . </p>
<p class="whs2"> </p>
<p class="whs3"><img src="image30.gif" width="431px" height="233px" border="0" class="img_whs5"></p>
<p class="whs2"> </p>
<p class="whs2">The second algorithm modifies
the location of an object using Start and End LSC, although the final
position of the object will not coincide with the center of either
of the two systems. In this method the object is shifted from its initial
position by the value of the remainder after subtraction of the coordinates
of the Start LSC from the coordinates of the End LSC. </p>
<p class="whs2"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><B>Create a copy
</B></span>checkbox allows to keep the initial object, otherwise it will be
removed.</p>
<p class="whs2"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><font size=3 style="font-size:12pt;"><b style="font-weight: bold;">Arguments:</b>
Name + 1 Object + Start Coordinate System + End Coordinate System.</font></span></p>
<p class="whs2"> </p>
<p class="whs3"><img src="pics/transformation6.png" x-maintain-ratio="TRUE" width="312px" height="385px" border="0" class="img_whs6"></p>
<p class="whs2"> </p>
<p class="whs2">In this picture we see the initial cube with
the global coordinate system and two LCS: LocalCS1 (GCS+100 along x-axis)
and LocalCS2 (GCS+200 along x-axis) </p>
<p class="whs2"> </p>
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<p class="whs2"> </p>
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<p class="whs2">Selecting Start LCS = LCS1 and End LCS = LCS2,
we obtain the translated cube at the position (100;0;0)</p>
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<p class="whs2">Selecting Start LCS = LCS2 and End LCS = LCS1,
we obtain the translated cube at the position (-100;0;0)</td></tr>
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<p class="whs2"> </p>
<p class="whs2"><b style="font-weight: bold;">TUI Command:</b><i>
geompy.MakePosition(theObject, theStartLCS, theEndLCS), </i>where theObject
is a shape, location of which is modified, theStartLCS is a location to
move the shape from, theEndLCS is a location to move the shape to.</p>
<p class="whs2"> </p>
<p class="whs17"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><font size=3 style="font-size:12pt;">Our </font></span><span
style="font-weight: bold;"><B>TUI Scripts</B></span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><font size=3 style="font-size:12pt;">
provide you with useful examples of the use of <a href="transformation_operations.htm#bookmark2">Transformation
Operations</a>. </font></span></p>
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