Creating New Part Entities in Surface Repair

You can create a new part entity (surface, curve, or point) within the Surface Repair tool.

To create a new part entity:
  1. In the Graphics window, select the part entities using the appropriate selection filter.
    Part curves and part points must be marked as features before you can modify them.
  2. In the Part Edit group box, select the option appropriate for the part entity that you want to modify.
    For example, if you want to modify a part surface, select Part Surface in the Part Edit group box.
  3. To create a single new part entity on the existing part:
    1. Select Maintain Existing Part.
    2. To define a new color for the part entity, click the Part Surface Color color selector and choose a color.
    3. In the New Part Surface/Curve/Point field, enter a name for the new surface/curve/point.
      In this example, a new part surface is created named New Part Surface.

      This option allows you to modify part surfaces, part curves, or part points to a new part surface/part curve/part point across more than one part in one action. For example, given a selection of faces that span different parts, you can modify the selected faces to a new part surface within each original part using a single operation. This feature is useful in situations where you have multiple parts that require the same type of modification performed on them.

  4. To create a new part surface for each of the selected part surfaces:
    1. In the Part Edit group box, activate Append.
    2. In the Append Name field, enter the desired name extension for the modified part surfaces.
      When you click Modify, the process creates a new part surface for each surface selected in the Surface Repair scene. The name of the new part surfaces is in the format [part surface name]_[append name]

      This process can affect the contacts between part surfaces. In this case, the contacting faces are moved out of the contact and become regular (non-contact) faces.

  5. To create a single, new part entity on a different part:
    1. Select Specify Part.
    2. Click New.
    3. In the Create New Part Surface dialog:
      1. Set Geometry Part to the part that you want the new surface, curve, or point to belong to.
      2. To define a new color for the part entity, click the Part Surface Color color selector and choose a color.
      3. In the New Part Surface/Curve/Point field, enter a name for the new surface/curve/point.
        In this example, a new part surface is named New Part Surface.

      4. Click OK.
  6. In the Part Edit group box, click Modify.
    A new part surface, curve, or point is created added to the specified geometry part. A message indicating the modification is displayed in the Output window.
    To check the modification, right-click on a modified part surface, curve, or point and check the menu entry: