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: SURFACE : Design:PrimitiveShortcut
: NoneThis command creates primitive surfaces in the current element, represented in Bézier form.
The available primitive types are:
For each primitive a parameter box appears requesting appropriate dimensions (e.g. a cylinder’s center, radius, and height), and the axis direction (x, y, or z) along which the primitive is to be created.
The "Other" option allows for the creation of a primitive by loading any surface model that the users have saved into the user_primitives library. The names of all available models are shown as a scrollable list. Please refer to the corresponding option FilesÞFILE WRITE for details of how to store such user-defined primitives.
It is strongly recommended that surface primitives are created in there own element and not in the same element as other surfaces. Whenever a surface is remade from the defining curves, all surfaces in that element, including primitives, are deleted.