sketch joint-set create command
Syntax
- sketch joint-set create keyword ...
Primary keywords:
angle dip dip-direction gap origin spacing trace group keep-domain minimum-length dip-direction-model
Generate a collection of edges representing a sub-parallel joint set within user-specified domain based on the characteristics defined by the following keywords:
- dip f1 <f2 >
Dip angle of the joint in 3D. . The dip is defined as the angle between the joint surface and the horizontal plane, measured downward from the dip direction (projected onto the xy-plane) toward the negative z-axis. The angle, in degrees, ranges from 0 to 90. By default,
dipis set to 0.0.
- dip-direction f1 <f2 >
Dip direction of the joint in 3D. Defines the azimuth of the joint dip, measured clockwise from the positive y-axis in the xy-plane. The value is expressed in degrees within the range [0, 360]. The default value is 0.0.
- gap f1 <f2 >
Gap length between joint segments (default = 0.0). If defined, the joints are discontinuous and
Tracehas to be defined.
- origin v1
Set the origin, or starting point, of the joint set. The first fracture generated will pass through this point.
- trace f1 <f2 >
Trace length of joint segment (default = 0.0). If defined, the joints are discontinuous and
Gaphas to be defined.
For each parameter provided above, the first entry should be the mean value and the second should be the standard deviation from the mean (for normal/Gaussian probability distribution).
- group s1 <slot s2 >
Assign group name s1 in slot s2 (if supplied) to the joint set. If the
slotkeyword is omitted, slot Default is used.
- keep-domain b
If b = True, the domain is preserved. By the default, the domain is deleted each time after creating a joint set.
- minimum-length f
Joints (edges) shorter than this length will not be created. By the default,
minimum-lengthis set to 0.1.
- dip-direction-model f
Dip-Direction of the plane of the 2D model. By the default,
dip-direction-modelis set to 0.0.
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