About Volumes

Color

The volumetric features are displayed in the 3D geometry as well as their corresponding icons in the tree.

Tip: The color of volumetric features is gray by default, but it can be configured as required (as shown in the following topics).

Creation

The volumetric features can be created in both Geometrical Set and Ordered Geometrical Set environments and are considered as creation features.

Modification

Several modification features enable to modify a volumetric feature into another volumetric feature:

Split
Diabolo
All fillets (but the shape fillet): Edge Fillet, Variable Radius Fillet, Face-Face Fillet, and Tritangent fillet
All transformations: Rotate, Translate, Symmetry, Scaling, Affinity, and Axis to Axis
Patterns: Circular Pattern.

Behavior

The following commands can be used with volumetric features:

Delete
Deactivate/Activate
Parent/Children
Datum mode
Reorder (note that it is not possible to reorder the volumetric feature before its parents)
Replace (a volumetric feature can only be replaced by another volumetric feature)
Show/No show
Stacking

Selection

When working with volumes or solids, the selection of the volume or solid prevails over the selection of a face. Edges and vertices can still be directly selected.

Here are the concerned commands:

Affinity
Axis To Axis
Intersect
Project
Rotate
Scaling
Split
Symmetry
Translate
Trim

To select a sub-element, you need to apply the ''Geometrical Element'' filter in the User Selection Filter from the App Options panel.

Note: To access the App Options panel, from the Tools section of the action bar, select App Options

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The icons on the left let you filter elements according to their type (point, curve, surface, volume).
The next two icons correspond to the filter modes:
- (Feature Element Filter mode) selects the whole feature whether it is a sketch, product, pad, join, etc.
- (Geometrical Element Filter mode) enables to sub-elements of a feature such as faces, edges or vertices.

For further information about this section, see 3DEXPERIENCE Platform Advanced Services: Native Apps Common Services: Selecting: Selecting Using a Filter.