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From the Die Face section of the action bar, click Shut Off
Surface
.
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Select a surface.
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Select an axis system (Pulling or stamping direction).
Selecting an axis system is mandatory to compute draft patches, optional
otherwise.
Note:
Draft Patches are an option to fill
complicated holes. However, huge discontinuities in the wire that defines
the hole can lead to a twisted result.
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Hover over Automatic fill ratio.
The percentage of filled holes is displayed.
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Click this display to access filled holes and the corresponding solution.
- Each category is displayed in an editable color, to help you make
decisions.
- Expand a category to see the whole list.
- Optional:
Select one line, either in the list or in the 3D area, and choose an action from the context toolbar.
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Expand
More for further actions.
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Expand
Quality checkers and select the required
ones.
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Connect Checker to analyze tangency
between faces.
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Isophote Mapping to display
discontinuities between faces.
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Manual Fill Analysis to verify that
continuity requests are met for holes filled by a user action.
Note:
User actions can be:
- Remove the filling.
- G0, G1, or G2 Fill.
- Piece-Wise Fill (With G0, G1, or G2 constraints and
G0, G1, G2 Connect Curve).
- Fill by Draft Patch, with parameters proposed in context toolbar.
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Set
Continuity Tolerances
.
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Define
G0, G1 or G2 continuity on automatic
fills.
Note:
A Piece-Wise fill with a G2 continuity may fail when
processing two bounded faces supported by trimmed surfaces with a large empty
area.
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Optional: Decide to join the initial surface to
the result fillings.
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Opt to
Fill complex holes.
This option provides more results but requires that you verify them as
quality is not guaranteed.
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If you have selected
Fill complex holes, expand
Advanced.
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Select one hole in the list to inspect it.
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Set required parameters.
Hover over a parameter for more information.
A
Fill Surface feature is created under
Fill Surface Set.