General Module Function
bounds generates lines and/or surfaces that indicate the bounding box of a 3D structured field. This is useful when you need to see the shape of an object and the structure of its mesh. This module is similar to external_edges (set to edge angle = 60), except, bounds allows for placing faces on the bounds of a model.
Module Input Ports
bounds has one input ports. Data passed to the first port (closest to the left) must contain any type of structured mesh (a field as opposed to a UCD). Node_Data can be present, but is only used if you switch on Data.
Module Output Ports
bounds has two output ports. The leftmost output port creates a new unstructured Mesh object with cell type Polyline (Edges selected) and/or Quad (Faces set) representing the bounds.. The second output port sends a renderable version of the output field to the viewer.
Module Control Panel
The control panel for bounds is shown in the figure above:
The data component radioBox selects which of the input field's components is sent to the output, if Data is also turned on. The default is the first (0th) component. If node data labels are present, they are displayed.
Hull, when on, draws a wireframe around the perimeter extents of the mesh. The default is on.
Edges, when on, causes the Imin/Imax, Jmin/Jmax, Kmin/Kmax controls to produce a wireframe representation of the mesh grid at that plane. The default is off.
Faces, when on, causes the Imin/Imax, Jmin/Jmax, Kmin/Kmax controls to produce a solid face representing the location of that plane extent. The default is off.
When on, each of these switches displays the grid (Edges turned on) or plane (Faces turned on) on one of the six faces of the hull. Imin/Imax draw a mesh or face showing the 2D slice of field objects with the minimum/maximum index value in the first dimension. Jmin/Jmax draw a mesh or face showing the 2D slice of field objects with the minimum/maximum index in the second dimension. Kmin/Kmax control the third dimension. The default for all is off.
data, when on, makes bounds copy the selected component's Node_Data values at node points along the output mesh to the output field. Because the data is present, the bounds lines can be colored by the interpolated data values of the selected Node_Data component. Otherwise, the lines display as white in the renderer. The default is off.
Related Modules
-> external_edgesexternal_edges