Disconnecting Features

You can select geometric elements to define disconnected areas.

This task shows you how to:

Before you begin: Make sure that the context is specified to Model .

Disconnect Wires and Faces from a Volume

You can select wires and faces on a volume to define the disconnected area.

  1. From the Design Study section of the action bar, click Disconnect Design Space .
  2. Select the geometry to disconnect, either a body or a volume.
  3. From the Disconnect list, select Areas from volume.
  4. Select the disconnected features.
  5. To define the elements that are part of the disconnection area, do either of the following:
    • Select From faces, and then select the faces to keep in the area and their propagation type.
    • Select From limiting geometries, and then select the elements to remove from the area:
      • Select a wire or a surface, and then click Specify limiting geometry side to define which side of the wire must be kept.

        You can click Reverse side to invert the side of the wire to ke kept.

      • Select a wire, a surface, or a face, and then click Select face belonging to area, and select the face that must be kept in the disconnected area.
  6. Optional: In the tree, click the disconnected feature and select one of the following in the context toolbar:
    OptionDescription
    Hide/Show Hides or shows objects alternatively.


    Hide all    		 Hides the disconnected feature and all its disconnected areas.


    Show all    		 Shows the disconnected feature and all its disconnected areas.

Disconnect Distinct Surfaces from a Reference Geometry

You can disconnect surfaces that are not shared between the geometry to disconnect and the reference geometry.

  1. From the Design Study section of the action bar, click Disconnect .
  2. Select the geometry to disconnect.
  3. From the Disconnect list, select Distinct faces from reference.
  4. In the tree, select the geometry to disconnect, that is the concept shape.
  5. In the tree, select the reference geometry, that is the design space.
  6. To refine the disconnection area, select the faces to keep in the area and the faces to ignore from the area.
    Notes:
    • If the part contains a simulation object with a design space, then the latter is automatically used to create the disconnected area.
    • You can click Add new or Remove current to either add a new disconnecting definition or remove the current one (provided more that one disconnecting definition exists).