Implicit Polygon Tool: Modify Implicit Wireframe (WF), explicitly

1. Once you have created your WF which was created by the implicit model function, got to WIREFRAME | Generate Strings | Planar Intersection

2. On the Planar Intersections form, in the Input tab, select the Implicit WF that needs adjustments.

3. In the Slicing Planes tab, plane definition allows you to create slices from the point of view of your choice. To make things easier, click the gray area of the tab to allow interactions with the data. Then change the viewpoint to confirm the viewpoint that is favorable. Once this is done, select the orthogonal definition of choice. Alternatively, Transform can be used which uses a plane defined by a dip (positive) and dip direction.

4. When selecting a reference point, either enter it manually or use the arrow to interactively select a starting point. It is compulsory that you enter the spacing of the resultant strings, and optional to select that number of planes. If number of planes is not specified, the function will slice from the specified reference point, slicing in the specified direction, until the end of the wireframe is reached.

5. In the Output tab, the result will be a string file. In addition, one can transfer attributes from the WF, which will turn those attributes to fields, and instead of the string file having the classical fields of coordinates, join and strings, the file gets other additional fields.

6. Edit the output strings using the digitizing tool and validate these strings. The edited strings will have and asterix next to it, indicating that it needs to be saved and updated, prior moving to the next step.

7. To recreate the WF, go to IMPLICIT | Surface | Polygon

'Polygon function uses an RBF (Radial Basis Function) to interpolate data from closed strings or polygons. The input data must comprise closed polygons representing adjacent slices through a 3D shape’

The input should be the string file, whilst the output should be a renamed updated WF.

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