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# Optionally select a different mesh object from the dropdown list at the top of the dialog box.
# Optionally select a different mesh object from the dropdown list at the top of the dialog box.
# Press the {{Button|Close}} button to close the dialog box and finish the command.
# Press the {{Button|Close}} button to close the dialog box and finish the command.

==Options==

* Press {{KEY|Esc}} or the {{Button|Cancel}} button to abort the command.


==Notes==
==Notes==


* Repairing the mesh can mean that problematic elements are simply deleted from the mesh resulting in holes.
* Repairing a mesh can mean that problematic elements are simply deleted from the mesh resulting in holes. Holes can be closed with the [[Mesh_FillupHoles|Mesh FillupHoles]], [[Mesh_FillInteractiveHole|Mesh FillInteractiveHole]] and [[Mesh_AddFacet|Mesh AddFacet]] commands.


==Preferences==
==Preferences==

* Todo.

==Properties==

* Todo.

==Scripting==


* Todo.
* Todo.

Revision as of 14:45, 15 July 2020

This documentation is a work in progress. Please don't mark it as translatable since it will change in the next hours and days.


Mesh Evaluation

Menu location
Meshes → Analyze → Evaluate and repair mesh...
Workbenches
Mesh
Default shortcut
None
Introduced in version
-
See also
None

Description

The Mesh Evaluation command can evaluate and repair mesh objects.

The Evaluate & Repair Mesh dialog box with the Folds on surface option enabled

Usage

  1. Optionally select a single mesh object.
  2. Select the Meshes → Analyze → Evaluate and repair mesh... option from the menu.
  3. Optionally press the Settings... button to change the following settings:
    • Check for non-manifold points
    • Enable check for folds on surface
    • Only consider zero area faces as degenerated
  4. If you have not yet selected a mesh object you should do so in the dropdown list at the top of the dialog box.
  5. The Refresh button does not work properly at this time.
  6. The dialog contains 7 or 8 (if the Folds on surface option is enabled) tests.
  7. Do not use the checkboxes, they will automatically be checked to indicate that errors were found.
  8. Press any of the Analyze buttons to start a test.
  9. Or use the Analyze button from the All above test together option to run all 7 or 8 tests together.
  10. Errors will be indicated in the dialog box, and also, in yellow and red, in the 3D view.
  11. Optionally press one or more Repair buttons to repair the mesh.
  12. Optionally press the Reset button to start a new round of tests.
  13. Optionally select a different mesh object from the dropdown list at the top of the dialog box.
  14. Press the Close button to close the dialog box and finish the command.

Notes

Preferences

  • Todo.