Face Orientation

The Face Orientation dialog box appears when you select Face Orientation.

This dialog box contains controls for checking face orientation.

This page discusses:

See Also
Checking the Orientation of Faces

Face Orientation

While Moving
Updates the display of the orientation of the faces while the object selected is moved.
Direction Locked
Enables you to navigate into the model without modifying the display of the orientations when the screen direction is modified.
Fly Analysis
  • Available only if the Direction Locked check box is selected.
  • Displays:
    • An arrow under the pointer, identifying the normal to the face at the pointer location while you move the pointer over the face.
    • Circles indicating the plane tangent to the face at this point.
Statistics
Displays the number of facets found in each orientation direction. Those facets are displayed in two different colors. A color editor is available on each color patch to change its color.
Note: The orientation of the faces:
  • Iis computed with respect to the normal to the screen.
  • Faces are displayed as facets.
  • One face may be made of several facets, that have not necessarily the same orientation.
  • The number of facets depends on the orientation of the model.
Information
Displays the three axes of the current view direction and the number of faces displayed.

Invert

Invert displays the Face Invert Orientation dialog box.

Faces
Lists the elements selected for re-orientation.
Tip: Only faces displayed with the Face Orientation command can be selected.
Manual
Lets you select the faces to re-orient.
Automatic
Lets you select a Reference element that defines the faces to re-orient.
Reference
  • Available for the automatic mode only.
  • Displays the name of the face selected as reference. To change that reference, place the cursor in this box and select another face in the graphic area.
Search distance
  • Available for the automatic mode only.
  • Defines the domain in that the command searches edges that might be merged. The higher the search distance, the higher the number of candidate edges.
Connection distance
  • Available for the automatic mode only.
  • Defines the distance below that two elements are considered as identical.
Note: Search distance and Connection distance aim at defining a single connex domain. You can use the Surface Connection Checker to determine those distances.