Analysis Section: Primary Area

The primary area of the Analysis section provides commands for analyzing curves and surfaces.



Connect Checker Analysis
Checks and analyzes how two surfaces or curves are connected to each other based on continuity, constraints, and tolerance.
See Analyzing Connections Between Elements.


Distance Analysis
Provides a visual representation of the distance between any two geometric elements or two sets of elements.
See Analyzing the Distance Between Elements.


Porcupine Curvature Analysis
Creates a visual representation of the point, tangent, and curvature continuity of curves and surfaces.
See Analyzing Using Porcupine Curvature.


Cutting Plane Analysis
Projects curves onto surfaces, each curve representing the intersection of a cutting plane with the surfaces.
See Analyzing Using Cutting Planes.


Surfacic Curvature Analysis
Lets you assess the curvature of a surface.
See Analyzing Surface Curvature.


Isophotes Mapping
Applies isophotes on a part to analyze the quality of its surface.
See Analyzing Using Isophotes.


Draft Analysis
Analyses the draft angle on a surface to ensure its manufacturing feasibility.
See Analyzing the Draft Angle.


Environment Mapping
Allows you to project the reflection of an image onto the surface helping you to visualize shapes in different environments.
See Analyzing Using Environment Mapping.


Reflection Lines
Computes and projects the reflection of a grid of neons onto surface helping you to visualize the surface quality.
See Analyzing Using Reflection Lines.

This command is only available in FreeStyle Shape Design.



Inflection Lines
Dynamically computes the inflection lines (zero curvature points) on a set of surfaces.
See Analyzing Using Inflection Lines.


Highlight Lines
Dynamically computes the highlight lines (isophotes or iso-tangent) on a set of surfaces.
See Analyzing Using Highlight Lines.

This command is only available in FreeStyle Shape Design.



Light Source Manipulation
Manipulates light sources along predefined circles that are centered on the light target.
See Manipulating Light Sources.

This command is only available in FreeStyle Shape Design.



Dress-Up
See Flyout for Creating Dress-Up Features

Flyout for Creating Dress-Up Features



Dress-Up
Configures and displays the control points, segmentation curves, and iso-parametric curves on the currently selected elements.
See Applying the Dress-Up Features on an Element.

This command is only available in FreeStyle Shape Design.



Apply Dress-Up
Applies the pre-defined dress-up options on the currently selected elements.
See Using Dress-Up Options.

This command is only available in FreeStyle Shape Design.



Remove Dress-Up
Removes the pre-defined dress-up options from the currently selected elements.
See Using Dress-Up Options.

This command is only available in FreeStyle Shape Design.



Geometric Information
Displays geometric information on a selected element.
See Displaying Geometric Information On Elements.


Specialized Tesselation
Lets you temporarily define an individual tesselation tolerance value.
See Improving Shaded Display with Specialized Tesselation.