Splitting the Geometry

Splitting the geometry involves switching to the Structure View and activating the Extract command . You can split a representation to access underlying triangle meshes.

This task shows you how to:

Before you begin:
  • Run the Experience Models Preparation app on a model that contains at least a representation.
  • The prepared model must be open in structure view.
See Also
Overview of the Interface for Experience Models Preparation app
Experience Models Preparation Context Toolbar

Switch to Structure View

You must switch to structure view to edit the product structure.

A 3D Design-Structure View switch is available in the Data Preparation action bar.

  1. To access the context toolbar of interest, click Structure View .
    The structure view is activated.
  2. To switch back to the 3D Design view, click Structure view.

Extract 3D Representations

You can extract geometry elements to group them into a separate 3D representation.

  1. In the Structure View, select one or more subrepresentation elements in the product structure to extract.

    Important: The selected geometrical elements must share a common parent representation in the product structure.

    The Extract command appears in the context toolbar.
  2. Click Extract .


    A new product and a new representation below that product are created. The representation contains the geometrical elements selected for the extraction. These geometrical elements are removed from the original representation.
    Note: The created prepared product is applied the same design range as its direct parent product. For more information, see Experience Models Preparation.

Extraction Example

Let's consider the following product structure:

A product with two 3D representations containing geometrical sets underneath.

If you extract geometrical sets (indicated as three light blue elements in the left figure), a new "leaf" is created in the prepared model containing a product, a 3D representation and the extracted geometrical data set (the prepared model is shown in a blue circle in the right figure).

Important: During the extract operation, a new part is created. The design range of the new part is the design range of the product directly above the part containing geometry to extract.