Creating a Surface Fill

You can use this feature to construct a surface to fill a gap in a component. The fill feature constructs a surface patch with any number of sides, within a boundary defined by existing edges, sketches, or curves.

  1. From the Modeling section of the action bar, click Surface Fill .
  2. Specify surface options.
    OptionDescription
    Thin. Creates a feature with a constant wall thickness. To specify the wall thickness, enter a value in the dialog box.

    When Thin is selected, you can define the wall thickness equally in both directions from the profile by clicking Midplane .



    		 Surface. Creates a feature with a wall thickness defined as zero.
  3. Specify merge options:
    OptionDescription
    Add Creates a feature that adds material.
    Cut Creates a feature that removes material.
    New Do not merge bodies.
  4. Select a Boundary Selection . The boundary must be a closed loop in the outer boundary.
  5. Select an Inner Loop Selection . Specify the inner loops from the selected closed loops.
  6. Select a Passing Curve or Point Selection . Specify the curves or points for the surface to pass through.
  7. Optional: Click Automerge to automatically find bodies to merge with the lofted body.
  8. Optional: Click Tangent Propagation to include all edges and faces tangent to your selection.
  9. Optional: Click Show resulting U and V isoparametric curves to specify the number of isoparametric curves.
  10. Click .