OpenSCAD RefineShapeFeature
Appearance
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| Menu location |
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| OpenSCAD → Refine Shape Feature |
| Workbenches |
| OpenSCAD |
| Default shortcut |
| None |
| Introduced in version |
| - |
| See also |
| Part RefineShape |
Description[edit | edit source]
Cleans unnecessary lines. After a Boolean operation, some lines defining the previous form remain visible, this tool creates a copy of the totally cleaned.
Usage[edit | edit source]
- Select the shape to be cleaned.
- Select the OpenSCAD →
Refine Shape Feature option from the menu.
- A parent-object is created and totally cleaned, the original object is rendered hidden.
Limitations[edit | edit source]
- The refinement algorithm only works on shells. Therefore it iterates over the shells of the input shape and then for each shell it creates a new shell with joined faces wherever possible. This means if your input shape is only a face, wire, edge or vertex then the algorithm does nothing.
Notes[edit | edit source]
- The function does not modify the existing shape, but returns a new shape.
- The function is normally used as last step in the modelling history.
- The function can help to get difficult fillets to work.
- The function is intended to stop 3D printers from printing unwanted edges.
- Tools: Replace Object, Remove Objects and Children, Refine Shape Feature, Mirror Mesh Feature, Scale Mesh Feature, Resize Mesh Feature, Increase Tolerance Feature, Convert Edges to Faces, Expand Placements, Explode Group, Add OpenSCAD Element, Mesh Boolean, Hull, Minkowski Sum
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