Decimated Parts

  • In order to reduce the exported cax file size, one can decimate the mesh by forming a good approximation of the original geometry.

  • This section is used to specify the parts and streams that needs to be exported/filtered to the Cax file under DECIMATED_GEOMETRY.

  • This is an optional section. By default, The Decimated Geometry is not exported.

  • Each data line should contain the name of part that needs to be translated or filtered.

  • Users can use * as a wildcard character.

  • The FACTOR specifies the Target Reduction value for decimation. By default, the target reduction value is 0.9.

  • Usage Example:

    * PARTS_DECIMATED, FACTOR=0.9
- *MIXER*

Data Attributes

  • TRANSLATE: Translates the part to Cax output. This is the default behavior.

  • FILTER: Filters the part from Cax output.

  • FACTOR: Target Reduction Factor for Mesh Decimation. The default value is 0.9

Examples

Export all parts as DECIMATED_GEOMETRY

* PARTS_DECIMATED
- *

  • Exports the data pertaining to all the parts to output files.

Export Specific parts

* PARTS_DECIMATED, FACTOR=0.6
- *MIXER*

  • Export parts with MIXER keyword from STREAM 0 to the output files with decimation factor as 0.6.

  • Other parts will be ignored.

Filter Specific parts

* PARTS_DECIMATED
- FORWARD*, FILTER

  • Exports all parts except those starting with FORWARD to the output files.

Ignore DECIMATED_GEOMETRY

* PARTS_DECIMATED
- *, FILTER

  • No decimated parts are written into the output files.

  • This is default. If the parts decimated section is not defined, data pertaining to all the parts are not exported to the output files.