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Monday, 15 August 2011

Quick Tips: What is the difference between Scaling and Affinity in CATIA GSD Workbench?

Posted on 16:58 by Unknown

There are two commands within CATIA's Generative Shape
Design workbench which are often confused: scaling and affinity. Scaling
is used when you want to generate an element scaled equally along the
X, Y and Z axis with respect to a reference.On the other hand, affinitylets
you scale your model with different ratios in the X, Y and Z axis. Utilizing
this method gives you more control than using
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