HD10269: 2 DISPLAY OF QUICK COMPASS DIFFERS FROM THE PRIVILEGED PLANE

APAR status

• Closed as user error.

Error description

• Scenario :
  1.  Start CATIA.
  2.  Create New CATPart, and workbench is Free
  Style.
  3.  Display a "Quick compass orientation" tool bar,
  and keep this tool bar displaying.
  4.  Click ￭Flip to WU or ZX icon.
  >>A compass bases to ZX plane
  5.Move 3D compass to "xy plane" with dragging a
  compass manipulation handle
  6.  Click ￭Flip to VW or YZ icon
  >>>The privileged plane actually is set to ZX
  plane, although I expected that the privileged plane
  was set to the YZ plane by ￭Flip to VW or YZ
  command. And it is a trouble.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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Local fix

Problem summary

Problem conclusion

Temporary fix

Comments

• Incident Diagnosis
  Quick compass orientation is different when
  dropped on one of main planes after swapping on
  YZ or XZ direction
  
  
  Correct Application
  The behavior of the compass on perch is different
  from its behavior in "Glider Mode", while dropped
  on an element in the 3D.
  If dropped on element (even one of mane planes)
  the current main plane is a local plane and it's
  defined depending on the element geometry.
  If it's a curve, than the main plane will be a the
  plane perpendicular to the curve tangent in the
  point where the compass was dropped.
  If it's a surface ( a plne is just a particular case of
  a surface) - the main plane is a tangent to the
  surface plane in the point where the compass was
  dropped.
  In the current case the user first swapped the main
  plane from XY to XZ , that dropped the compas on
  to XY central plane ->so according to previous algo
  the compass indicates main directions of a local
  plane, which is positionned tangent to XY (same as
  XY because it's a plane) ->the initially main plane
  XZ become a local main plane. The further swaps
  between main direction should be only
  understanded as UVW swaps without a direct
  relation to XYZ and especially with no costant
  correlation between axis -X=U Y=V. In the 3D
  position on an element the compass is a local axis
  and should be viewed as is.
  The FreeStyle Quick Compass toolbar is only a
  quick access tool to the existing on compass
  fuctionnalities accessible by a right click on
  compass in its on perch position.
  
  
  Documentation Reference
  CATIA FreeStyle
  Generic Tools
  Managing the compass
  
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