Simpler way to make a parameterized workplane?

B_banzia
B_banzia Altair Community Member
edited October 2020 in Community Q&A

Say I have a parameterized sheet and I define a workplane as the center point of one edge.

Is there a simple way to parameterize the workplane and link it to that centerpoint?  Such that the workplane moves as the variables of the sheet change.

 

I realize that you could do the same thing with dropping variables into the workplane definition.  However sometimes (especially in complex non planar structures) this can be very tedious.  

 

This is a common feature in another popular tool.  If you define a local coordinate system by some geometry feature (corner, center, face center, ect), then the local coordinate system will change as that geometry features moves.  This is extremely useful when setting up very complex parameterized models.  

 

Anyway to easily do this in Feko?

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  • JIF
    JIF
    Altair Employee
    edited October 2018

    Hello

     

    Unfortunately there is no easy way to do this with the current version of Feko. The only way to do this is with parameterisation (variables). This is already a feature request. I'll make sure it gets another 'vote' from your side. I agree that it is a very useful feature to have.

  • B_banzia
    B_banzia Altair Community Member
    edited October 2018

    Thanks!  

    At this point, getting back into FEKO, it is my number one feature request.