VariCAD 2016 English - Lesson 17/49 - Transforming 2D Objects Video Lecture | VariCAD: A Fundamental Training - Design Softwares

the wall here for one more lesson of
this very card 2016 training course and
today we are going to see about
transforming 2d objects so let us start
on the menu edit and we have this entry
called transform where we have this
group of commands that we are going to
see today so the first one it is called
translate or copy 2d objects and I will
make one circle to use to show this
command so translate or copy to the
objects makes a translation or a copy
depending the option that we will choose
inside a command and execute the command
by a vector so we need to give two
points a first one and the second one
that makes the definition of this vector
so this one and now under the distance I
can use this distance that I pick with
the cursor or for example change it and
do a move or a copy after this
definition that choose the objects
confirm and that's it we have the exact
same command but this time without
defining the vector just to a dynamic
translate translation so we we can keep
or delete the original objects just
choose the objects confirm and pick a
reference point and now you can put the
object whatever you want with this exact
same idea or concept we have the same
purpose for the rotate or copy and
dynamic rotation so first the rotate
I will use one line because it's easier
to show you
so transform rotate or copy center of
rotation I can use one of the end points
of the line and now just give rotation
angle that can be positive or negative
and choose move or copy in the end
choose the entity confirm and that's it
again as I said before we can do this
dynamically and again live or delete the
original objects the objects are this
one the center of rotation is this one
and the reference point this one now
okay you can move and leave it whatever
you want and do other copies as as you
want next command is the translate and
rotate okay again this question I want
to use this object to the confirmation
and this is done giving two reference
points the first one and the second one
and now I can give for example the first
one here and the second one here and you
see that translate and rotates at the
same time next command it is a scale and
I will use the circle because I think
it's easier to to see the effect so
first we need to insert the scaling
Center I will use the center of the
circle and now give it a value and with
a move or the copy okay I will use the
copy I can insert several copies I will
say 1.5 so okay and this object confirm
it
okay very easy next command we have the
dynamic scale okay the purpose is the
same so I will use this same project the
center and now I can use a reference
point to make my dynamic scale okay as I
want I will clean these miss objects and
we'll show you the stretch which I can
use for example this rectangle so next
command it is the stretch and the
stretch will do something like this
okay I can choose one part of the
geometry and the software will use the
points inside like this I can use the
reference point and now you see that the
points I choose are are not fixed and I
can position them on another place and
stretch my geometry quite easy and for
sure you understand also that I can use
the functions inside that toolbar
because I have the absolute coordinates
or polar or incremental wherever you
want or just click point inside your
drawing area I have this array copy I
will open this a little and they are a
copy
makes a set of objects and I can give
for example worm one origin here and now
I define the directions to make this
command okay I will do it I will do
these directions without care but for
sure that in this step I will need to
give it exact distance and directions
now I will do them only graphically
without much care so one direction for
the lines and another one for the
columns and now the number of copies I
will put three and here for and just
select the objects and confirm them okay
it will do something like this let's see
the next command and on the next command
we have the mirror and the mirror has
several possibilities to do unknown is a
tropic mirror that I personally don't
don't see much importance and I will do
a very standard mirror I will keep the
original objects and I will say define
the mirror axis so I can define a mirror
axis usually I would have an object here
but I will use for example this points
and the objects are this one okay and we
have here a standard mirror but as said
we can have sorry not this one we can
have also a non-standard that is called
non isotropic
so I can say for example 0.5 for the
scale value and I can say the same
points the objects are this ones and I
have here 0.5 scale of this object
because again this is an non isotropic
mirror it's a little different from
probably most of you for expecting to do
in this command finally I have this
command that is called the offset and
the offset is quite interesting and I
will make some additional job tree to
show buttercup abilities of of the
software so with the offset I have
several possibilities I can do the
offset through a distance dragging the
elements or through a point and I can
choose the objects as single lines I can
do this option to temporarily consider
the geometry as a polyline or even
selected a polyline if I have them here
I will try to show this several options
so first by a distance and selecting
single elements so I'll put a bigger
value here I can even make several
copies okay I will leave this as one
because it's easy to understand one or
five or whatever so now I just need to
select the object and which side the
offset is done okay
or imagine for example for this
rectangle you see I have listed this
effect okay I could do this on another
way I will clean it and for example do
the offset this time instead of
selecting single elements do by a
temporarily integrated polyline I will
leave the same distance the same
conditions and now I can click here and
say which side the program will start to
search for this polyline I would say
this side and outside now just click
with your left mouse button and until
close and say inside or outside for
executing the offset so outside okay I
have some problems in my geometry I will
try to make this a little with the less
problems because there are dimensions
just keep the same idea for the geometry
but we need to have attention because
not everything is possible to execute
let's try the same okay 10 just to give
you okay this side again the same idea
and close the geometry outside okay and
you see this was the result for sure
this has limitations the offset is not
possible to do this for all the
geometries but you need to to know the
limitations of the command and finally
we have also the possibility to make
these as dragging and dragging for
example let us put here one millimeter
and say the first contour okay it will
make I will choose now this one and you
see the dragging you can make inside but
I have defined a step so it just moves
in one millimeter each time so you can
see there is
dolt when I reach a certain point you
see
let's do again and click my mistake you
see that when I reach certain distances
the geometry will be no longer possible
and that was the problem behind when I
try to make the offset so you see I
can't use whatever I want so I think
with these commands you've seen a lot of
possibilities to make transformation of
objects and I hope these concepts were
clear to you for your personal work