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From the SurfaceCreate
section of the action bar, click
Fill
.
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In the Outer Boundaries section, select curves or surface edges to
form the outer closed boundary.
A diagnosis is displayed in the work area and the fill surface is previewed within the boundary. Note:
You can
also create a fill surface without selecting the outer boundaries, if Generative Shape Morphing
app is available. You can select any one of the
following:
- Inner boundaries
- Inner boundaries and passing elements
- Passing elements (at least three non-collinear points or a curve).
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Optional: In the Inner Boundaries section, select
inner curves or surface edges to form the inner closed boundary.
Note:
Only curves corresponding to a single inner boundary are displayed in the
list.
A diagnosis is displayed in the work area and the fill surface is displayed within the
boundary.
The resulting surface will be a fill surface between the outer and inner closed
boundaries.
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In the table containing the list of elements, you can:
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Click to add a line
at the end of the list.
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Click to insert a
line before the selected line.
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Click to insert a
line after the selected line.
- Click to remove all the
lines.
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Optional: Click Add Boundary to add a new boundary
or click <cross icon> to remove the selected boundary.
Note:
If you click Add Boundary, the currently
displayed curve is cleared in the list to let select another curve.
- Optional:
For both the sections, you can select a support surface for each curve or edge. In
this case, the continuity will be kept between the fill surface and selected support
surfaces.
Note:
You can define a support just after the selection of the curve or by clicking the
curve in the list and selecting a support. To be able to select a support, the boundary
must completely lie on the support.
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Optional: For both the sections, you can select a continuity type for each
support surface. You can modify the continuity type either from:
- The dialog box: select the input in the list and modify the type from the
Continuity column in the table.
- The work area: click the widget to switch from one type to another
or right-click it and select the type from the context menu. Widgets are useful to visualize whether and which
continuity is set on a boundary.
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Optional: Use the list box to specify the desired continuity type between
any selected support surfaces and the fill surface:
Note:
You can edit outer and inner boundaries by first selecting an element in the dialog
box list and then clicking to do one of the following:
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Add a new element after or before the selected one.
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Remove the selected element.
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Replace the selected element by another curve.
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Replace the selected support element by another support surface.
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Remove the selected support element.
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Optional: In the Passing elements box, select one or
more points and curves.
This element can either be a point or a curve through which the filling surface
must pass, thus adding a constraint to its creation. However, you may need to decrease the number of
constraints by removing the supports.
Note:
A curve can be selected as a passing element only if GSD, GSO,
or HFM product license is available.
- Optional:
Select the Planar Boundary Only check box to fill only planar
boundaries, when the boundary is defined by one curve on one surface.
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Optional: Define the Deviation mode to specify the
gap between the fill surface and the boundaries.
- None: Default resolution value. The tolerance is
deactivated.
- Automatic: Deviation of 100 times the resolution.
- Manual: Deviation manually defined in the box.
- Click OK to create the fill surface.
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