Removing

 

 

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This command removes faces on a shape with the possibility to automatically refill the hole resulting from the removal of these faces.

 

Creation Stages / Use:

 

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

 

  1. Select element type to remove: faces, edges loop, restrictions, bodies, edges.

  2. Select entities to remove.

 

 

When selecting the faces to remove, in order to select all of the faces tangent to the one clicked, you simply need to perform a rotative picking.

If this command  was used to  create  several bodies,  it is then possible to automatically generate an assembly  made of  these  bodies (1  part file by  body  will be created) thanks to the partial parts command.

 

 

Available Options:

 

 

 

You can choose different types of elements to delete:

  • Face:

Deletes faces from a shape. This mode has several options to heal a hole obtained by deleting surfaces (see "Heal type" option).

The keep faces option allows to unsew selected faces.

  • Edges loop:

Deletes an edge loop from within a surface. It is easy then to delete a hole in a surface using this mode.

 

  

 

  • Restrictions:

Deletes restrictions from a surface. We then get a surface without a hole and with extended trims.

 

 

  • Bodies:

Allows to remove or separate a body of a shape multi bodies. To separate bodies, you have to check the Keep bodies option.

 

Bodies to remove: selected bodies will be removed, unselected bodies will be kept.

In Keep bodies mode, selected bodies are separated into as many shapes. Other bodies remain multi bodies.

 

Bodies to keep: selected bodies will be kept, unselected bodies will be removed.

In Keep bodies mode, selected bodies remain multi bodies, while other bodies are separeted into as many shapes.

 

  • Edges:

Allows to remove an edge which separates 2 faces like it is the case with an imprint..

 

 

 

Deleted parts are hidden. By checking this option, they stay visible and can be used. For example, the removing of a face without healing, unsews this face if this option is checked.

 

 

 

Here you can choose the type of heal made on the hole resulting from removing faces.

  • None: leave the hole (no heal).

  • Cap: Attempt to create a surface to cap the hole.

  • Stretch: Attempt to stretch the neighboring faces until there is no more hole.

  • Blend: same principle as "Stretch" but is adapted to the deletion of the fillets.

 

Before     

Faces selection     

 

 

Heal = Blend     

Heal = None     

 

  • The Blend heal type is not provided for deleting chamfers and only functions for fillet type surfaces.

  • When the healing type is Blend, the option Blend faces only option is displayed. When checked, the mouse only detects blended faces on the part. This facilitates face selection.

 

Additional Information:

 

 

  • When you remove a face from a volume element without healing, it becomes surfacic.

  • If a face is missing (for example the bottom face of a pocket), the operation becomes invalid.