Shut Off Surfaces

This command allows you to create Shut Off Surfaces to "fill" part openings.

Creation stages / Use:

Click the icon or select the Split > Shut Off Surfaces... command from the drop-down menu.

Choose the selection mode of the openings to be plugged appropriate to your need.
It is possible to define the desired filling mode.
Validate .

Available options:

Several opening selection modes are available:
Shape: You select a shape and TopSolid'Split tries to automatically create all the Shut Off Surface needed to fill all part openings. If the software creates a Shut Off Surface linked to a Parting Edges that doesn't correspond to your expectation, you can Ignore it.

Shape selection

Creation preview

Edge to ignore
Faces: You select a base face and TopSolid'Split tries to automatically create all the Shut Off Surface linked to this reference. If the software creates a Shut Off Surface linked to a Parting Edges that doesn't correspond to your expectation, you can Ignore it.

Reference face selection

Creation preview

Edge to ignore

Edges: You select a base face, then you indicate the Parting Edges to consider for the Shut Off Surface creation.

Reference face selection

Edge to consider

Creation preview

Internal parting edges: You manage the edges PURELY intern to the face.
Use complete parting edges: You manage ALL the Parting Edges loops that "touch" the selected reference face.

þ Internal parting edges

¨ Use complete parting edges

¨ Internal parting edges

¨ Use complete parting edges

¨ Internal parting edges

þ Use complete parting edges

Fitting: It allows you to manage the "acceptable" tolerance between surfaces.
Smoothing: It allows you to manage the "acceptable" angular tolerance between surfaces to operate an automatic Smoothing operation.

Modifications / Additional information:

During their validation, the Shut Off Surfaces are automatically assigned to the Parting Surfaces set in the Entities tree.
Surface attributes can be determined by the Parting surface set.