Creating a Wall Surface Manager

You can create wall surfaces from a mono or multi-domains wire to connect the stamped part to the binder. A fillet is created at the intersection of two domains.

  1. From the Die Face section of the action bar, click Wall Surface Manager .
  2. Select an axis system.

    Whenever possible, the main stamping direction or the current axis system is proposed.

  3. Select a support.

    It can be

    • A simple wireframe with one domain.
    • A multi-domains wireframe, such as a sketch containing disconnected lines.

  4. Alternatively, click Sketcher to create a multi-domains sketch.
  5. Optional: Expand More to define parameters.

    • Top Length and Bottom Length manage the dimensions of the wall surface.
    • Angle is the angle between the wall surface and the selected Z-axis.
    • Fillet manages the fillet at the intersection of two wall surfaces.
    Note: The parameters are used during creation, not to edit existing wall surfaces.

  6. Click Apply.
    • A wall surface is created on each domain of the selected support.
    • If two domains intersect each other, a fillet is created at the intersection.
    • By default, the longest fillet result is kept.
    Tip: Sometimes, the result fillets are torn because the created wall surfaces are split by the middle to ensure consistent orientations. If the fillet radius is too big, the fillet cannot reach the top of the wall.
    • Modify the position of the split.
    • Reverse the direction to modify the orientation. This is useful to manage important design changes, or to create fillets with different lengths at the top and at the bottom.
  7. For individual edition, click a face of a fillet or of a wall surface and select Wall Surface Manager in the context toolbar.
  8. Click a face of a fillet and de-activate the fillet from the context toolbar.
    The fillet is no longer taken into account.

Under the Addenda Surface geometrical set, a Wall Surface Manager feature is created. It contains Wall Surface features and Fillet Surface features, with the related parameters.

They are automatically generated when the Wall Surface Manager feature is updated.