ICEM Shape Design

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ICEM Shape Design Basics

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ICEM Shape Design Access to Content

Predefined Queries

User Interface

Action Bar

Curve Section

Surface Section

Analysis Section

Modification Section

View Section

Standard Area

Context Menus

App Options Panel

Action Pad

Customizing Preferences

Offline Mode

Creating Curves and Construction Geometry

Curve and Construction Geometry: Basic Concepts

About Creating 3D Curves

About Curve Offset

About Split Curves

About Lines

About Intersections

About Parallel Curves

About Working on a Support and a 3D Support

About Geometry Extraction

Creating Curves Using Control Points

Creating 3D Curves

Creating 3D Curves on a Scan

Creating 3D Curves on a Cloud of Points

Applying a Tangency Constraint on a Point

Creating Isoparametric Curves on Surfaces

Creating Project Curves

Creating Styling Corners

Creating Blend Curves

Creating Offset Curves

Creating Split Curves

Creating Intersection Curves

Creating Points

Creating a Point Using Coordinates

Creating a Point on a Curve

Creating a Point on a Plane

Creating a Point on a Surface

Creating a Point Using the Center of a Circle/Sphere/Ellipse

Creating a Point Tangent on a Curve

Creating a Point Between Two Points

Creating Polar Extremum Elements

Creating Extremum Elements

Creating Lines

Creating a Line Between Two Points

Creating a Line Using a Point and a Direction

Creating a Line Normal to a Curve

Creating a Line Tangent to a Curve

Creating a Line Normal to a Surface

Creating a Line at the Bisection of Two Lines

Creating a Line Up to an Element

Creating a Series of Lines Using the Last Point

Creating Planes

Creating a Plane Offset From another Plane

Creating a Plane Parallel to a Plane and through a Point

Creating a Plane Normal to another Plane

Creating a Plane Through Three Points

Creating a Plane Through Two Lines

Creating a Plane Through a Point and a Line

Creating a Plane Through a Planar Curve

Creating a Plane Normal to a Curve

Creating a Plane Tangent to a Surface

Creating a Plane Using an Equation

Creating a Mean Plane Through Points

Creating a Plane Between two Planes

Creating Planes Between Other Planes

Creating Circles

Creating a Circle with a Center and a Radius

Creating a Circle with a Center and a Point

Creating a Circle with Two Points and a Radius

Creating a Circle with Three Points

Creating a Circle with a Center and an Axis

Creating a Bitangent Circle (with Two Elements)

Creating a Bitangent Circle (with at least a Point)

Creating a Tritangent Circle

Creating a Circle with a Center Element and a Tangent Curve

Creating Conic Curves

Creating Combined Curves

Creating Intersections

Creating Parallel Curves

Creating a Spine

Creating Boundaries

Extracting Elements

Extracting Sub-Elements

Creating Plane Systems

Working with a Support

Working with a 3D Support

Creating Surfaces

Surface Creation: Basic Concepts

About Surfaces of Revolution

About Patch from Curves

About Flanges

About Fillet Flanges

About Tri-Tangent Fillets

About Corner Fillets

About Blend Surfaces

About Tubing

About Accelerated Surfaces

About Adjusting Surfaces

About Shape Mapping

About Shape Modeling

About Create Gap

About Loft Surfaces

Creating a Patch from Points

Creating a Surface on an Existing Surface

Creating Surfaces of Revolution

Creating Helical Surfaces

Creating a Patch from Curves

Creating a Patch from Patches

Creating Flanges

Creating Fillet Flanges

Creating a Styling Fillet

Creating Advanced Fillets

Creating Tri-Tangent Fillets

Creating Corner Fillets

Filling Surfaces

Creating Offset Surfaces

Creating Global Offset Surfaces

Creating Blend Surfaces

Creating Swept Surfaces

Creating Tube Surfaces

Creating Accelerated Surfaces

Adjusting Surfaces

Overcrowning Surfaces

Mapping Shapes

Modeling Shapes

Creating Gaps

Creating Loft Surfaces

Analyzing Shapes

Shape Analysis: Basic Concepts

About Connect Checker Analysis

About SSI Analysis

Reflection Lines Analysis Parameters

About Highlights

About Analyzing Surface Curvature

About Split Analysis

Isophotes Mapping Analysis Parameters

About Flat Region Analysis

About Head Impact Analyses

About Gap Analysis

About Light Manager

Analyzing Connections Between Elements

Checking Connections Between Surfaces

Checking Connections Between Curves

Analyzing Using Porcupine Curvature

Analyzing Using Iso-Curvature

Analyzing Using Cutting Planes

Analyzing the Distance Between Elements

Analyzing Using Surface-Surface Intersection

Analyzing Using Reflection Lines

Analyzing Using Inflection Lines

Analyzing Using Highlight Lines

Analyzing Using Highlights

Analyzing Surface Curvature

Analyzing Using a Split Curve

Producing a Mirror Image Using Mirror Analysis

Analyzing Using Single Light Band Mapping

Analyzing Using Environment Mapping

Analyzing Using Isophotes

Analyzing Flat Regions

Performing a Head Impact Analysis

Performing a Leveling Analysis

Performing a Gap Analysis

Performing a Surface Check

Performing a Curve Check

Manipulating Light Sources

Performing a Soft Mirror Analysis

Improving Shaded Display with Specialized Tesselation

Modifying Shapes

Shape Modification: Basic Concepts

About Deforming a Shape Using Control Points

About Moving Control Points

About Moving Mesh Lines

About Feature Modeling

About Creating a Matching Constraint

About Inverting Curves and Surfaces

About extrapolating Curves and Surfaces (ICEM Shape Design command)

About Breaking Surfaces

About the Transformations Commands

About Conversion

About Move

Using Control Points

Deforming a Shape Using Control Points

Selecting Control Points

Moving Control Points

Positioning Control Points

Harmonizing the Control Points

Projecting the Control Points

Modeling Features

Creating a Matching Constraint

Creating a Matching Constraint and Modify Continuity Constraints

Defining the Continuity to keep at Opposite End Points or Edges

Updating Network and Work with Constraint Manager

Multi-Side Matching

Refitting Surfaces and Curves

Inverting Curves and Surfaces

Changing the local order

Smoothing curves and surfaces

Extrapolating Curves and Surfaces (ICEM Shape Design command)

Extrapolating Curves

Extrapolating Surfaces

Editing and Keeping a Point

Joining Curves or Surfaces

Breaking and Restoring Shapes

Breaking Curves

Breaking Surfaces

Restoring a Surface or Curve

Filtering Trimmed and Untrimmed Curves and Surfaces

Transforming Geometry

Translating Geometry

Rotating Geometry

Performing a Symmetry on Geometry

Transforming Geometry by Scaling

Transforming Geometry by Affinity

Transforming Elements from an Axis to Another

Creating Symmetry Using Control Points

Fragmenting Shapes

Fragmenting Curves

Fragmenting Surfaces

Disassembling Shapes

Approximating and Segmenting Procedural Curves

Converting Curves

Converting Surfaces

Moving Geometry

Splitting Geometry

Trimming Geometry

Splitting and Trimming Geometry (common options)

Viewing Shapes

Defining Views

Using the Stretch View Analysis Tool

Using Tools

Tools: Basic Concepts

About Keeping the Initial Element

About Display Lists

About Parallel Command Sessions

About Rulers

Creating Datum Elements

Keeping the Initial Element

Managing Geometrical Sets

Creating a Temporary Analysis

Using Parallel Command Sessions

Applying the Dress-Up Features on an Element

Displaying Geometric Information On Elements

Using the Historical Graph

Displaying a 3D Shape Symmetrically

Snapping

Setting the Handles Attenuation Factor

Displaying Continuities On Elements

Displaying Contact Points On Elements

Displaying Tensions On Elements

Displaying U and V Orders on Elements

Displaying Furtive Elements Temporarily

Working with the WYSIWYG Mode

Working with Display Lists

Scanning a 3D Shape and Defining In Work Objects

Quickly Selecting Geometry

Using Chain Selection

Manually Updating a 3D Shape

About Approximation

Reference Information

ICEM Shape Design File-based Design Import

ICEM Shape Design Database Design Import

Engineering Rules Capture File-Based Design Import

Design Range Management

ICEM External I/O

Dialog Boxes

Moving Frame Tab

Approximation Tab

Output Tab

Surface Section Dialog Boxes

Flange Dialog Box

Flange Dialog Box - Main Area

Flange - Options Tab

Flange - Advanced Tab

Styling Fillet Dialog Box

Advanced Fillet Dialog Box

Blend Surface Dialog Box

Blend Surface Dialog Box - Main Area

Options Tab

Coupling Tab

Sweep Dialog Box

Tubing Dialog Box

Create Gap Dialog Box

Loft Dialog Box

Analysis Section Dialog Boxes

2D Diagram Dialog Box

Connect Checker Analysis Dialog Box

Cutting Plane Analysis Dialog Box

Distance Analysis Dialog Box

Surfacic Curvature Analysis Dialog Box

Single Light Band Mapping Dialog Box

Flat Region Analysis Dialog Box

Head Impact Analysis Dialog Box

Leveling Analysis Dialog Box

Gap Analysis Dialog Box

Modification Section Dialog Boxes

Control Points Dialog Box

Match Constraint Dialog Box

Extrapolation Dialog Box

Break Curve Dialog Box

Break Surface Dialog Box