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- Figure 1 – ABFold Interface
Purpose:
This interface is used to define and view airbag folds. Four folding methods are supported: thin, thick, tuck, and spiral. Folds can be interactively defined and modified. Once fold definitions are created, they may be saved for later use.
Controls:
Create – Create a new fold definition
Modify – Modify an existing fold
- ID: Enter fold ID
- Title: Enter title for this fold
Show – Show the selected folds
- Fold Type: Select fold type
- N1-N2 – Pick/Enter 2 node IDs to define the fold line
- Pt+Dir – Define a point and a direction to define the fold line
- N1 – Pick/Enter a node ID to define N1
N2 – Pick/Enter a node ID to define N2
- Active – Pick a node to define the active side of the fold
- Up – Fold the active side of the fold, up
- Down – Fold the active side of the fold, down
- Thick: Enter thickness of shell
- Scale/Radius/Tolerance: Enter value
- Ignore – Ignore thickness from previous folds
- Ignore Move: Move the fold line nodes back by this amount
- Enter the number of steps to take for each fold during animation
- Anim – Animate folds upon clicking folding
- Loop – Loop animation of folds
Apply changes to fold definition
Execute all folds
Execute selected fold
Create fold lines by cutting elements
Step through all folds one at a time
Reset model to original geometry
Unfold airbag
Exit the Airbag Folding interface
Bottom Panel:
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- Figure 2 – ABFold Bottom Panel
Save all fold definitions to file
Load fold definitions from a file
Cut/paste the selected fold to/from memory
Select all fold definitions
Clear fold definition selection
Delete selected fold definitions
