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 (or Modeling > Surface > Conversion into Faceted Shape... in the assembly document).

 

  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.