Managing User Surface in Group of Surfaces

You can add a user surface to the group of surfaces of an annotation.

Before you begin: Open a 3D shape containing at least an annotation.
See Also
3D Annotations and View/Annotation Planes
Selecting Multiple Surface using Trap
  1. Right-click the annotation assigned to the 3D shape, and select Associated Geometry > Geometry Connection Management.

    The Connection Management dialog box appears.
    Note: Under Graph of Geometrical Links, the feature linked to the selected annotation is displayed. If the linked feature is in hide state, the last child feature in the tree in show state and of the highest priority level is displayed.
  2. Under Scope, select Unique.
  3. Right-click the Group of Surfaces.x and select Add Component.

    You can also select Add Multiple Components to add several components at a time. In the case of adding multiple components, a tools palette appears providing selection propagation options using which you can select similar instances in one click.

    A new component is added to the group of surfaces Group of Surfaces.x feature.
  4. Select a new geometrical element to link to the annotations and click under Graph of Geometrical Links.

    The new connected geometry node Geometric Component.n1 is added in the graph.
  5. Click Check Validity to verify the new geometry component is consistent with the selected annotation.
    The current geometry status is OK.
  6. Click Current in theGeometry Highlight area, and select Group of Surfaces.x under the Graph of Geometrical Links.
    The current group of surfaces of the selected annotation after the modification is highlighted.



    The four geometric components are now linked to the annotation.

  7. Select Initial in the Geometry Highlight area.
    This option shows you the initial group of surfaces of the selected annotation before the modification.

    Important: Options in Geometry Highlight are always applied to the selection in the Graph of Geometrical Links.
  8. Right-click Geometric Component.n1 in the Graph of Geometrical Links as shown below and select Rename .
    The Rename dialog box appears.
  9. Enter the new name: Hole Surface and click OK in the Rename dialog box.
    The feature has been renamed.
  10. Right-click Geometric Component.x and select Delete.

    Ctrl + or Shift + select the required nodes of geometries or components to delete them.