Creating Associative Fill Surfaces

You can create a fill surface between three or more curves or surfaces.

Before you begin: Open 3D shape containing surfaces with gaps to be filled.
  1. Select the edges of neighboring surfaces in consecutive order.
  2. Select one of the following fill types:
    OptionDescription
    Analytic Creates multiple fill surfaces.

    According curves or edges selection, Point continuity or Point and Tangent continuities are available.
    Power Creates one filling surface.

    With this Power fill type, all continuities (Point, Tangent, and Curvature) are available. Free is also available. Using Curvature conditions between boundary edges and fill surface may impact strongly the shape of the surface. In addition, forcing Point condition with boundary curves may induce a wavy or defective fill surface. Right-click the continuity label and select No continuity in the context menu to reduce this effect. In this case, the boundary curve is projected and used as trim curve.
    Auto Computes the best orders and number of surfaces depending on the inputs.
  3. Click More>> to display further options.
  4. In the Limits area, define constraints to be taken into account when computing the fill surface.
    OptionDescription
    Max Order U/V Number of control points by patch. The minimum order is s 2/2 for all fill types.
    U/V Patches Number of U and V patches
    Tolerance The maximum tolerance is 0.1. The smaller the tolerance, the more precise the created fill surface is.

 

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