Create Joined Elements
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From the Check and Repair
section of the action bar, click Join
.
- Select the surfaces or curves to be joined in the work area or in the tree.The selected elements are added to the Elements to Join list.
You can activate Add Mode
, Remove Mode
, or Both Mode
options.
- To add a line at the end of the rows in the table, click
.
- To remove all lines in the table, click
.
- To add a line at the end of the rows in the table, click
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Alternatively
- Select the elements to join.
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Click Join
in the context toolbar.
- Double-click Join.x feature in the tree to open the Join dialog box.
- You can edit the Elements to Join list as follows:
- Click a selected element in the work area to cancel the selection and remove it from the list.
- Right-click the elements in the list and select Clear Selection to cancel the selection of all elements.
- Select one element in the list, right-click, and select Replace Selection. Then select another element in the work area to replace the element in the list.
- Double-click the required mode to activate it permanently.
- Right-click the elements from the list and
select Check Selection.This lets you verify whether an element to be joined presents any intersection (that is, topological errors) with other elements before creating the joined surface.
The Checker dialog box is displayed, containing the list of domains (that is, sets of connected cells) belonging to the selected elements from the Elements To Join list.
- Click Preview.
Self-intersections detected are displayed on the geometry in the work area.
- Click Cancel to return to the Join box.
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Right-click the elements and choose the propagation options to allow the
selection of elements with the same dimension.
- Distance Propagation: the tolerance corresponds to the Merging distance value.
- Angular Propagation: the tolerance corresponds to the Angular Threshold value, if defined. Otherwise, it corresponds to the G1 tolerance value as defined in the part.
For more information about Distance Propagation and Angular Propagation, see Using the Check Options.
Each new element found by propagation of the selected elements is highlighted and added to the Elements To Join list.
Important: - The initial element to propagate cannot be a sub-element.
- Forks stop the propagation.
- Intersections are not detected.
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Click Preview in the Join
dialog box.
The joined element is previewed and its orientation displayed. Click the arrow to invert it if required.
The join is oriented according to the first element in the list. If you change this element, the join's orientation is automatically set to match the orientation of the new topmost element in the list.