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nal2552 May 23, 2013 14:08

Closely spaced Connectors
 
Hi,

I'm making mesh in pointwise. I originally had it scaled in mm. I decided I decided I wanted to export the mesh in meters. So I did a transformation on the whole thing. Now that it is at a smaller scale I have problems drawing connectors that are close together. They become poles if they're too short or it won't all me to draw them.

I'm assuming there is a setting somewhere I must change but I can't seem to find which one.

Thanks for the help.

cnsidero May 23, 2013 15:10

File > Properties

Decrease the node and connector tolerance (i.e. make number smaller) so that Pointwise does not auto-merge them together.

Briefly, the values mean if my node/connectors are separated by less than the tolerance, merge them into one.

Same goes for grid point tolerance but it's two orders smaller than the other two by default.

Quote:

Originally Posted by nal2552 (Post 429578)
Hi,

I'm making mesh in pointwise. I originally had it scaled in mm. I decided I decided I wanted to export the mesh in meters. So I did a transformation on the whole thing. Now that it is at a smaller scale I have problems drawing connectors that are close together. They become poles if they're too short or it won't all me to draw them.

I'm assuming there is a setting somewhere I must change but I can't seem to find which one.

Thanks for the help.


nal2552 May 23, 2013 15:36

THANKS! I knew it had to be something simple. I appreciate the help!

cnsidero May 23, 2013 15:38

Sure. Any time.

-Chris

Quote:

Originally Posted by nal2552 (Post 429604)
THANKS! I knew it had to be something simple. I appreciate the help!



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