Using Bounds

This procedure describes how create bounds for features.  Bounds are possible for the following features:
  • Line
  • Plane
  • Cylinder
  • Cone
   
  1. Select the parent process or preceding activity for the define activity (for this example, the Define Cylinder activity). 

  2. On the Inspection Activities toolbar, select the Define Cylinders.

    The Define Cylinder dialog box appears. 
  3. Select the Bounds tab.

     
    The values preselected (or not) in this dialog box are dependent on the values selected in Tools>Options>Inspection>Inspect DPM>Feature Bounds.
  4. Select either Bound to feature limits or Use existing planes to Bound.

    • Selecting Bound to feature limits means that DMIS creates the bounding planes automatically
    • Selecting Use existing planes to Bound allows the user to select the planes.  A list of possible planes appears in the left box.  Users select the planes from the left box and use the right-pointing arrow to make the plane a bound.  The left-pointing arrow can be used to make any corrections.  The default value for the planes is that they are the nominal planes; selecting the Actual option uses the actual plane.
  5. (Optional) Select Create Activity.

    When an activity is not created, the planes are merely created in DMIS.  Creating an activity puts the bounding planes as a separate activity in the PPR tree and on the geometry.
  6. (Optional) Select Bound to measure limits.

    In this case, the bounding plane is limited to the measure.
    This option is not available for constructed features.
  7. Select the OK button when the feature definition is complete.