Conversion into Faceted Shape

 

 

 

 

 

This command allows to convert an exact shape or a polyhedron into a faceted shape.

 

Creation stages / Use:

 

Select the Surfaces > Other > Conversion into Faceted Shape... command from the drop-down menu.

 

  1. Choose the shape type to convert (Exact shape or Polyhedron)

  2. Select the shape to convert.

  3. Confirm with the button.

 

Available options:

 

 

 

When this option is checked, the selected shape is converted into a faceted shape and its history is definitely lost.

When this option is unchecked, a new shape containing the faceted shape is created.

 

 

 

The linear and angular tolerance options allows to get a faceted shape more or less close to the exact shape.

 

Exact shape

Faceted shape with a linear tolerance of 0.2mm and an angular tolerance of 15°

Faceted shape with a linear tolerance of 1mm and an angular tolerance of 15°

 

In Polyhedron mode, 2 additional options are available:

  • Clean: this option allows to clean the invalidity of the polyhedrical mesh. The main cause of invalid mesh are: the height of a triangle is lower than the tolerance value, a self-intersecting face or the distance between 2 vertex of a triangular face is lower than the tolerance value.

  • Find faces : when this option is checked, it allows to rebuild the faces, otherwise the faceted shape will be made of one face only.

 

Modifications / Additional information:

 

Faceted shapes are made of triangular faces. Generally, they are coming from STL or IFC import.