Imprint

 

 

 

 

This command allows you to print one or more profiles on one or more sides of a shape. New edges corresponding to the projection of the profiles are created on the faces.

 

Creation Stages / Use:

 

Click on the icon or choose the command Surface > Imprint... from the drop down menu (or Modeling > Surface > Imprint... in the assembly document).

 

  1. Select the shape to modify

  2. Select the imprint type

 

Sections

By two points

By point and edge

Isoclines

By plane

 

 

 

Select the different sections or sketches to imprint on the shape.

 

Direction: This option allows you to choose the projection direction of the profiles:

  • Orthogonal: The sketch is projected normal to each face.

  • Specified: You are then prompted to provide a projection direction.

 

Orthogonal       

Following the sketch normal     

 

 

 

Select the start and end points, a line passing by these 2 points will be imprinted of the face. It is unnecessary to create this line.

 

Direction: This option allows you to choose the projection direction of the profiles:

  • Orthogonal: The sketch is projected normal to each face.

  • Specified: You are then prompted to provide a projection direction.

 

 

 

Select the start point and the end edge, a line passing by the point and normal to the edge will be imprinted on the face. It is unnecessary to create this line.

 

Direction: This option allows you to choose the projection direction of the profiles:

  • Orthogonal: The sketch is projected normal to each face.

  • Specified: You are then prompted to provide a projection direction.

 

 

 

Direction: It is the reference direction for the measurement of the Isoclines angle.

 

Angle: Enter the value of the angle.

 

 

 

Select the reference plan. TopSolid will imprint the intersection profiles between the part and the plane.

 

Faces: This option allows to choose whether the profiles will be imprinted on external faces, internal faces or all faces.

 

Imprint by plane with external faces

 

 

 

  1. Select the Sections, points and/or edges to imprint and the direction or the direction and the angle.

 

 

Available Options:

 

Using this option you can specify the:

  • Faces to consider: only the faces selected in this list will undergo imprinting of the sketches.

  • Faces to ignore: the faces selected in this list will not undergo imprinting.

 

 

 

  • Hidden faces :

With this option, it's possible to not imprit profil hidden by a shape or a face.

 

Hidden faces = No

 Faces Mode  

Shape Mode

If the projection is on the faces, the projection is only made on the selected faces.

If the projection is on the shape, the projection is made on all the faces of the shape.

Hidden faces = Shape

 Faces Mode    

Shape Mode

If the projection is on the faces, the projection is only made on the selected faces but not on the faces hidden by the shape.

If the projection in on the shape, the projection is made on all the faces not hidden by the shape.

Hidden faces = Faces

 Faces Mode  

Shape Mode

If the projection is on the faces, the projection is only made on the faces selected by not hidden by the selected faces.

If the projection is on the shape, the projection is made on all the faces not hidden by the faces selected.

 

  • Connection of imprinted edges:

None

This option don't make connection between the disjoint edge.

 

Side faces

If possible, this option will connect all the disjoint edge with the imprint of other side edge. This option imprint side edge only if they connect disjoint edge.

 

Side and hidden faces

If possible, this option will connect all the disjoint edge by imprinting of side edge or hidden edge in the direction of the projection.

All side faces

This option allow to connect all the side edge whether they don't connect disjoint components of the imprint.

 

All side and hidden face

This option allow to connect all the disjoint edge by side edge or hidden edge in the direction of the projection.