Wireframe and Surface Section

The Wireframe and Surface section provides commands for creating and editing a surface geometry. For more information about these commands, see Generative Shape Design User Assistance.

This page discusses:



Positioned Sketch
Opens the Sketch Positioning dialog box, where you specify a 3DEXPERIENCE plane to launch Sketcher within Buildings Space Planning. Positioned Sketch is only available if you have a valid Sketcher license.


Point
See Flyout for Point.


Line
See Flyout for Line.


Plane
See Flyout for Plane.


Axis System
See Flyout for Axis System.


Work on Support
See Flyout for Work on Support.


Circle
See Flyout for Circle.


Spline
See Flyout for Spline.


Projection
See Flyout for Projection.


Intersection
Creates wireframe geometry by intersecting elements.


Parallel Curve
See Flyout for Parallel Curve.


Extrude
See Flyout for Extrude.


Sweep
Sweeps out a profile in planes normal to a spine curve.


Fill
Creates a fill surface between boundary segments.


Multi-Sections Surface
See Flyout for Multi-Sections Surface.


Unfold
Unfolds a ruled or unruled surface.


Join
See Flyout for Join.


Boundary
See Flyout for Boundary.


Translate
See Flyout for Translate.


Object Repetition
Creates several instances of objects.


Rectangular Pattern
See Flyout for Rectangular Pattern.


Extrapolate
See Flyout for Extrapolate.


Offset
Creates a surface that is offset from the selected surface.


Split
See Flyout for Split.


Law
Creates evolution laws within a representation.


Control Points
Modifies a curve or surface by manipulating control points.


Shape Fillet
Creates a shape fillet between two or three surfaces.

Flyout for Point



Point
Creates a point.


Points and Planes Repetition
Creates multiple points and axis systems at a time.


Extremum
Creates an element at the minimum or maximum distance on a curve, surface, or pad.

Flyout for Line



Line
Creates a line.


Axis
Creates an axis.


Polyline
Creates a broken line made of several connected segments.

Flyout for Plane



Plane
Creates a plane.


Multiple Plane
Creates planes between other planes.

Flyout for Axis System



Axis System
Creates an axis system.


Create Axis System from Robot
Creates a new axis system using the robot.

Flyout for Work on Support



Work on Support
See


Work on Support 3D
Allows you to work on Support 3D.


Plane System
Defines a number of planes in a given direction.

Flyout for Circle



Circle
Creates a circle or circular arc.


Corner
Creates a corner between two curves or a point and a curve.


Connect Curve
Creates a connecting curve between two curves.

Flyout for Spline



Spline
Creates spline curves


3D Curve
Creates a 3D curve using control points.


Helix
Creates a helical curve.


Spiral
Creates a spiral curve.


Isoparametric Curve
Creates an isoparametric curve on a surface.


Curve from Equations
Creates a parametric curve from three Cartesian equations.

Flyout for Projection



Projection
Creates geometry by projecting one or more elements onto a support.


Combine
Creates a curve resulting from the intersection of the extrusion of two curves.

Flyout for Parallel Curve



Parallel Curve
Creates a curve that is parallel to a reference curve.


Rolling Offset
Creates a rolling curve at a distance form a reference curve.


3D Curve Offset
Creates a 3D curve offset from a reference curve.

Flyout for Extrude



Extrude
Creates an extruded surface along a given direction.


Revolve
Revolves a planar profile about an axis.


Sphere
Creates a spherical surface.


Cylinder
Creates a cylindrical surface by extruding a circle in a given direction.

Flyout for Multi-Sections Surface



Multi-Sections Surface
Creates a multi-section surface by sweeping one or more section curves along an automatically computed or user-defined spine.


Blend
Creates a blended surface between two wireframe elements.

Flyout for Join



Join
Assemble adjacent curves or surface to one element.


Healing
Fills any gap that may be appearing between two surface.


Curve Smooth
Fills the gaps and smoothens tangency and curvatures discontinuities.


Untrim
Restores a trimmed surface or curvature to its original shape.


Disassemble
Disassembles multi-cell curves or surfaces into mono-cell curves, mono-domain curves or surfaces.

Flyout for Boundary



Boundary
Creates a boundary curve of a surface or boundary point of a curve.


Extract
Extracts a face or a surface edge.

Flyout for Translate



Translate
Translates point, line, or surface elements along a vector.


Rotate
Rotates geometry about an axis.


Symmetry
Transforms geometry using mirror symmetry.


Scaling
Scales geometry.


Affinity
Transforms geometry using affinity.


Axis to Axis
Transforms elements to position themselves according to a new axis system.

Flyout for Rectangular Pattern



Rectangular Pattern
Creates multiple instances of the feature in a rectangular pattern.


Circular Pattern
Creates multiple instances of the feature in a circular pattern.


User Pattern
Creates multiple instances of the feature at user-defined anchors.

Flyout for Extrapolate



Extrapolate
Extrapolates a surface at one or more boundaries or curves.


Invert Orientation
Inverts the orientation of a surface or curve.


Near/Far
Creates a nearest or farthest entity of a multiple element.

Flyout for Split



Split
Splits a surface or wireframe element using a cutting element.


Trim
Trims two or more surfaces or wireframe elements by cutting each other mutually.