Creating Seams

You can seam a panel, that is divide a panel into several plates, to apply different material and thickness to each plate.

Before you begin: Open the structure that contains panels and reference planes intersecting the panel.
See Also
About Organizing Seam and Break
Breaking Panels
Breaking Profiles
  1. From the Operation section of the action bar, click Seam Panel .
    The Seam Plate dialog box appears.
  2. In the Plate box, select a panel.
  3. In the Splitting Object box, select an object to split the panel.

    You can select any number of splitting objects. The splitting object can be a plane, a curve, a surface, or another panel. The splitting object must intersect the plate.

    Tip: Use Elements List to display the list of the splitting objects you selected. You can remove or replace the previously selected splitting objects.

  4. Optional: Click to create a sketch as the splitting object.



    • If the panel is planar, the sketch is created on the plane of the panel or plate.
    • If the panel is non-planar, the sketch is projected on the panel.

  5. Click OK.
    A seam is created on the panel. The panel is divided into plates. The largest plate after seam operation replaces the original plate in the plate set and inherits all its properties.