J_AnchorBaseLine

Anchor a base line for grading

Use this command to control the scaling of base lines when grading the model.

Find it in: JPattern Grade toolbar

Steps

  1. Select which base lines you want to anchor
  2. Select the grade center to anchor to
  3. Use the buttons to add anchor points with attenuated scaling factors
  4. Use the check boxes to apply the scaling attenuation to the two axes

Anchor base line tutorial

Keyboard shortcuts

  • E: Add anchor point
  • R: Select existing anchor point
  • T: Remove existing anchor point
  • W: Change linked grade center

Remarks

The attenuation percentage is applied to the base scale factor computed using length and width of the target size. 100% means use full scale, 0% means do not scale.

J_AnchorTwoCenter

This command allows you to apply a two centers grading rule to a base curve

Find it in: JPattern Grade toolbar

Anchor two centers tutorial

Steps

  1. Select the curve you want to apply the rule to or edit the existing rule
  2. Select the first grade center and a point on the curve to anchor to
  3. Select the second grade center and another point on the curve to anchor to
  4. Use the window to edit scale factor, the chosen centers or anchor points
  5. Click Ok to confirm

Remarks

If the selected line already has a different grading rule assigned to it, a warning message will appear to let you choose if you want to overwrite the existing rule.

J_MultipleCentersAnchor

Anchor a base curve to multiple centers

Allows you to grade a curve following multiple grade centers.

Find it in: JPattern Grade toolbar

Steps

  1. Select the curve to anchor
  2. Select the grade center to use and the point on the curve where to anchor. Repeat until necessary.
  3. Enter or right-click to confirm, and a dialog will pop-up
  4. Edit the form and confirm to assign the rule to the line.

Multi grading center tutorial

Options

  • Use the drop-down menu to select the anchor point to edit
  • Add (shortcut: E): Insert a new anchor point on the curve
  • Remove (shortcut: R): Delete an existing anchor point

  • Amount: Set the increment percentage to be used by the selected anchor point

  • Move (shortcut: T): Move the selected anchor point along the curve
  • Change center (shortcut: W): Change the grading center used by the selected anchor point
  • Anchor X/Y: Set the selected anchor point to grade the curve on length/width only, or both

Remarks

The beginning and the end part of the curve will be graded respectively like the first and the last center that you will assign.

J_GradeRuleEdit

Use this command to edit the grade rule assigned to a given command

Find it in: JPattern Grade toolbar

Steps

  1. Select the target base curve
  2. If the assigned grade rule has a property dialog, this will show up

Remarks

If the target curve has a locking rule (see J_GradeLikeMargin and J_LockBaseLine) or it hasn't any specific rule assigned to it, the command will do nothing