Creates a GR-Torus feature that dynamically builds a torus from the associated points, clouds or geometry.
Torus Features report the following criteria:
Major Radius. Which is the distance across a torus from its centroid to the center of the revolved circle.
Minor Radius. Which is the radius of the revolved circle defining the torus.
Major Diameter. Which is the distance across a torus at its largest measured extent, from circle center to circle center.
Minor Diameter. Which is the diameter of the revolved circle defining the torus.
Centroid X, Y, Z. Which reports the origin point coordinates in the current working frame.
I, J, K. Which reports the direction of the Torus in the working frame. The IJK define a vector passing through the center of the torus shape.
Projected Angles (Rx from Y, Ry from Z, Rz from X). Report the relative projections of the normal vector onto the corresponding nominal planes.
Mag XYZ. Reports the absolute distance between the measure and nominal torus centers.
Mag XY. Reports the distance between the measure and nominal cylinder centers in the XY plane.
Angle Between . Which reports the angle between the nominal and measured torus.
RMS. Which reports that RMS of the measured torus.
A Torus length and largest and smallest diameters are computed based on the distribution of the measured points. It is often difficult to measure exactly to an edge, so it can be helpful to use intersection geometry to build the exact circle diameter at a cut plane instead.
Nominal Direction The nominal direction of the plane can be adjusted using the Reverse normal Vector option. The normal vector can also be set dynamically to match the nominal line using the Align with Nominal check box. This ensures the Angle Between value reported is always the smallest possible angle.
Cardinal Points 4 cardinal points can be built using the GR-Torus feature. These include both the origin point, the center point, and a point on the far end of the Torus.