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pinning_objects [2014/10/28 11:36] – ameyapinning_objects [2019/04/13 12:21] – admin
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 The concept of pinning is derived from the ancient practice of temple construction in India. Decorative elements like stone pediments were hoisted up and placed onto the walls. Pinning is similar to hanging a painting to a wall. You can extrude an object from the ground and place it on a wall. The concept of pinning is derived from the ancient practice of temple construction in India. Decorative elements like stone pediments were hoisted up and placed onto the walls. Pinning is similar to hanging a painting to a wall. You can extrude an object from the ground and place it on a wall.
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 **Understanding the Ground Planes dialog box** **Understanding the Ground Planes dialog box**
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 The Ground Planes dialog box displays the following settings: The Ground Planes dialog box displays the following settings:
-  * **Go to generator object**: The object where the object is pinned is done is called the **generator object**. Click this button to locate the generator object. the object is pinned to the edge of the generator object that contains the helpers.+  * **Go to generator object**: The object where the object is pinned is called the **generator object**. Click this button to locate the generator object. The object is pinned to the edge of the generator object that contains the helpers.
   * **Ground plane name**: Enter a name for the ground plane.   * **Ground plane name**: Enter a name for the ground plane.
   * **Extrusion details**: Once you locate the generator object, you can see the extrusion details of the pinned ground plane in a box under the ground plane name field. For example, in the above window, the box displays **Extrude outwards of First Floor:BuildingEnvelope**. This means that the extrusion has taken place in the outward direction of the face of object "BuildingEnvelope" in class "First Floor". The reference point for the pinning is the bottom left corner. The direction of extrusion can be outward or inward with respect to a face of the object.   * **Extrusion details**: Once you locate the generator object, you can see the extrusion details of the pinned ground plane in a box under the ground plane name field. For example, in the above window, the box displays **Extrude outwards of First Floor:BuildingEnvelope**. This means that the extrusion has taken place in the outward direction of the face of object "BuildingEnvelope" in class "First Floor". The reference point for the pinning is the bottom left corner. The direction of extrusion can be outward or inward with respect to a face of the object.
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 **Note**: In the above example, any objects added to class "xyz" are pinned to the same face of the generator object. **Note**: In the above example, any objects added to class "xyz" are pinned to the same face of the generator object.
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 +**[[ actGpEditor|Understand pinning more conceptually]]**
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