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Figures 1a and 1b show the Cut Generation Tool. The Options tab dialog is shown on the left, and the Naming tab dialog is shown on the right.
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With either selection, you can optionally clip the new polygons against a boundary, as well as create the polygons on a plane parallel to the Edit Grid.
Figure 2. Using the Auto Polygons option, showing the grid of polygons that will be created (in Preview mode). The origin is in the lower left-hand corner and the arrow is oriented along the X-grid line.
The size of the individual polygons is controlled using the X Width and Y Width input fields and the number of cells in the grid via the NX and NY fields (as shown in Figure 1a and Figure 2). Use negative X Width and/or Y Width values to place the polygon grid in a different quadrant about the origin. By default, polygons are generated horizontally, but they can optionally be generated parallel to the Edit Grid plane (Figure 3). Hint: To place the polygon grid in the Edit Grid plane, turn on Plane Snap when picking the origin point in the viewer.
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Figure 3. Using the Auto Polygons option to generate a polygon grid parallel to the Edit Grid. Use Plane Snap to place the polygon grid directly in the Edit Grid plane.
The polygon grid can be clipped against a boundary. Toggle that option on, then select the boundary by first clicking on the polyline icon , followed by picking the polygon from the viewer. By default, the polygons that occur inside the boundary are kept, but you can choose to keep the portion outside the boundary (Figures 4a and 4b).
Figure 4a. Using the Auto Polygons option with a boundary, keeping the part inside the boundary. (continued on page 6)
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Figure 4b. Using the Auto Polygons option with a boundary, keeping the part outside the boundary.
The results from using the same boundary with the Create cuts parallel to Edit Grid option are shown in Figures 5a and 5b.
Figures 5a and 5b, show an oblique view of the Auto Polygons grid created on the Edit Grid, keeping the part inside the boundary (Figure 5a) and outside the boundary (Figure 5b).
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Figures 6a and 6b show cuts created parallel to the selected polyline. In Figure 6a, on the left, the cut width is a positive value and new cuts are created along the right side of the selected polylines digitized direction. Figure 6b, on the right, shows the same selected polyline, but the new cuts are generated along the left side of its length when a negative cut width value is used.
As with the Auto Polygons option, you can optionally use a boundary to create cut polygons inside or outside the boundary, and/or parallel to the Edit Grid plane (Figure 7). When creating the cuts parallel to the Edit Grid, the selected polyline must exist on a plane that is parallel to the Edit Grid.
Figure 7. The two views on the left show the selected polyline and the polygons created inside the boundary. The views on the right show the same polyline and boundary but the polygons are outside the boundary. The upper views show the data in plan view and the lower views are oblique, to show that the cuts were created parallel to the Edit Grid. (continued on page 8)
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Naming is applied to the cuts before clipping is done against a boundary. Figure 8 illustrates this point using the $count naming option. Whether you keep the cuts that are inside or outside the boundary polygon (shown in blue), this explains why the element names may not appear to be sequential when you use the boundary option. The cuts inside the boundary are numbered 10-12, 17-19, 24-26, 31-33, 38-40, and so forth.
Figure 8 shows how naming is applied to the cuts before boundary clipping. This example uses the $count wildcard. The view in this picture is azimuth= 90, dip= -90, North is to the left and the origin is in the lower righthand corner. Numbering is done from the origin, left to right along the X grid.
Look for this new function in the upcoming 2005 Update CD release of v.3.50-00. Coming soon!
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