Creating a Wall Surface

This task shows you how to create wall surfaces to connect the stamped part to the binder.
Wall surfaces connect the top surfaces to the binder.
Open AddendumSurface01.CATPart from the samples directory and create a top surface.

  1. Click Wall Surface in the Addendum Design toolbar.

  2. Select an axis system (stamping direction).

  3. Select any simple wireframe with one domain as the support.
    If necessary, start Area Selection to define a portion of the wireframe as the support.

  4. Go to the More tab to define parameters.
    • Top Length and Bottom Length manage the dimensions of the wall surface.
    • Angle is the angle between the wall surface and the selected Z-axis.

  5. Click Apply.
    The wall surface is created on the selected wireframe.

  6. Optional: Edit the parameters and click Apply.
    The wall surface is updated accordingly.

  7. In the contextual toolbar, click to invert the orientation of the wall surface.

  8. Click OK.

An Wall Surface feature is created.