The generation of a nodal component can drive 5 various CAD entities:

Cylinder: Draw cylinders between paired points where the component column defines the cylinder radii

Edge Surface: Create an edge surfaces between the paired points where each pair is an edge. Note that the perimeter must be closed. When driving Rhino, the output type can be controlled by typing ‘Mesh’ in the Component attribute of the first point. Any other value will generate an edge surface restricted to a maximum of 4 edges.

Loft Surface: Lofts a surface through the paired points where each pair is a rule-line.

The surface type can be controlled via the Component attribute, similar to the edge surface. The surface type is created according to the string typed in the first row of the Component column:

Normal, Loose, Tight, Straight, Developable.

To generate a closed loft type ‘Close’ in the second row of the Component attribute.

Surfaces can be created through points or by Control Points.

To create a surface Through Point type ‘TP’ in the first ‘Component’ row. The second row should specify the number of points in each profile or control polygon of the surface. The third and forth rows are used for specifying whether the surface is closed in either U or V directions by typing ‘Close’ or Open. The fifth row is defining the surface degree. If omitted the value is set to 3.

In order to define a surface by its control points type ‘CP’ in the first row of the component column.

Sphere: Place a sphere on each point. The component column is the sphere radius.

Lines: Draw lines between the paired points. When no entity type is selected, lines will be created automatically.

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