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Ring Copy
Copy the selected bodies in ring.
Multiple bodies can be copied at a time.
Specify the rotation axis, the angle and the number to copy.
The unit of angle is [degree].
Copies will be created as many as specified around the rotation axis.
Body attributes, material properties, boundary conditions and the mesh sizes will be copies as well.
Procedure
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On the [Model] tab, go to
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and click ▼ at the side of [Single Copy]  .
Select [Ring Copy]  on the submenu.
(Alternatively, right click the mouse. On the appearing menu, select [Copy]-[Ring])
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Select bodies to copy.
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Click  in the parameter input dialog box.
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Click and set the point on rotation axis on the .
(Alternatively enter the coordinates in the , and click .)
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Enter the coordinates in the parameter input dialog box, and click .
(Alternatively click and set the vector of rotation axis on the modeling window.)
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Rest the mouse pointer on a face topology to specify its normal vector as the command's direction vector.
Rest the mouse pointer on an edge topology to specify its direction vector as the command's direction vector.
See [Direction Vectors Set by Mouse] for detail.
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On the "Ring copy setting" dialog, enter the angle, and the number, and click  .
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Right click to exit.
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