Mesh Replication control allows you to duplicate the volume meshed bodies and moves the copies based on displacements defined in a .csv or .txt file.
The following image shows a structured .csv file for mesh replication. Each row defines a set of X, Y, Z displacement coordinates and a corresponding units.
Mesh Replication Details view has the following options:
General
Control Type: Displays the selected control type.
Scope
Define By: Allows you to define the input to the selected control. The available options are Value and Outcome.
Value: Allows you to set manually the value of the Scoping Method and Scoping Pattern.
Outcome: Allows you to select the existing scoped outcomes from the previous steps as input.
Scoping Method: Allows you to select the entities for the selected control. The available options are:
Part: Allows you to select Parts for defining the scope of the control.
Label: Allows you to select Labels for defining the scope of the control.
Zone: Allows you to select Zones for defining the scope of the control.
Scoping Pattern: Allows you to specify the name pattern to get the selected Scoping Method. Scoping Pattern supports Regular Expression. You can click
on the right corner of the option and the
following options are available:Publish: Publishes Scoping Pattern to the Property Worksheet.
Scope All: Inserts '.*' regular expression to scope all entities.
Definition
Offset File Name: Allows you to import the X, Y, Z offset coordinates along with the units, defined in the .csv file or .txt file.