A Linear Extrusion coupling operator (
) maps an expression defined on a source to an expression that can be evaluated in the destination. Use this to define a linear mapping of this kind. Linear extrusion can be used when the correspondence between evaluation points in the source and destination is linear and in some nonlinear cases. Otherwise, use a general extrusion coupling. The Linear Extrusion operator defines a linear extrusion that maps between geometric parts of the same dimension. The parts can exist in geometries of different space dimensions. For example, you can couple edges (boundaries) in 2D to edges in 3D; or couple 2D domains to 3D faces. In these cases geometries of different space dimensions are needed for the source and destination. You define the linear extrusion by specifying points in both source and destination. The default
Operator name is
linext1.
Select an option from the Destination geometry list if there is more than one geometry in the model. A linear extrusion operator can only be evaluated on the destination geometry and the destination vertices must be chosen in the destination geometry. Select an option from the
Destination frame to evaluate the destination vertex coordinates in the specified frame.