Creating a Sew Surface

 

This task shows you how to retrieve the properties of a model and create an HTML report. Hidden parameters are also created.

  1. Insert a Geometrical Set and make it the Define in Work Object.

  2. Click Sew Surface   in the Blocks toolbar.
    Do not select faces yet!
    The dialog box is displayed.

  3. Select the Propagation type:

    • No propagation: you select the faces one by one.
    • Tangent continuity: you select one face. All the faces in the same body that are tangent to the selected face are automatically selected.

  4. Select either one face to split by direct pick, or several with the multi-selection:

    • Click to display the selected elements.
    • Pick an element in the 3D viewer or the specification tree to add it to the selection.
    • Select an element in the list, then click Remove to remove it from the list.
    • Click Reset to reset the whole selection.
    • Click Close to revert to the main dialog box.


     

  5. Go to Cutting Element and select the cutting element, e.g. xy plane.

  6. Click Apply then OK.
    A SewSurface.x feature is created under PartBody.
    The construction features of this surface are created under the Geometrical Set.

  7. You can now go to the Face Color Editor and color the SewSurface in green and the other in red.