DMDISTANCE3D command

Applies a distance constraint between two entities.

BricsCAD Pro; BricsCAD Mechanical; BricsCAD BIM

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Description

Applies a distance constraint between two subentities of the same solid or of different solids, as well as WCS entities, points, cylinders, and spheres.

Select the two entities/subentities for which the distance constraint will be applied by specifying the distance value. Press the TAB key to select obscured geometry.

Options within the commands

Use as

Gives the option to specify how the distance must be measured between cylindrical and spherical faces. The default measurement mode is Axis.

Boundary
The boundary of the argument.
Axis
An argument that has an axis; circle, cylinder, cone, or torus.
Center
An argument that has a central point; circle, sphere or torus.
Vertex
A cone vertex only.
WOrld
Allows you to select the WCS subentity as an argument.
BLock
Allows you to choose, as an argument, the subentity of the coordinate system of the block.
Geometry-driven
Accepts the current value and creates a geometry-driven constraint.
Note: You can set upper and lower bounds in the Mechanical Browser panel, which are taken into account in dynamic operations, like DMMOVE and ROTATE3D.