Mesh Evaluation
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Mesh Evaluation |
Menu location |
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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
- Optionally select a single mesh object.
- Select the Meshes → Analyze → Evaluate and repair mesh... option from the menu.
- 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
- If you have not yet selected a mesh object you should do so in the dropdown list at the top of the dialog box.
- The Refresh button does not work properly at this time.
- The dialog contains 7 or 8 (if the Folds on surface option is enabled) tests.
- Do not use the checkboxes, they will automatically be checked to indicate that errors were found.
- Press any of the Analyze buttons to start a test.
- Or use the Analyze button from the All above test together option to run all 7 or 8 tests together.
- Errors will be indicated in the dialog box, and also, in yellow and red, in the 3D view.
- Optionally press one or more Repair buttons to repair the mesh.
- Optionally press the Reset button to start a new round of tests.
- Optionally select a different mesh object from the dropdown list at the top of the dialog box.
- Press the Close button to close the dialog box and finish the command.
Notes
- 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 FillInteractiveHole and Mesh AddFacet commands.
Preferences
- Todo.
Mesh
- Miscellaneous: Import mesh, Export mesh, Create mesh from shape, Regular solid, Unwrap Mesh, Unwrap Face
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- Boolean: Union, Intersection, Difference
- Cutting: Cut mesh, Trim mesh, Trim mesh with a plane, Create section from mesh and plane, Cross-sections
- Components and segments: Merge, Split by components, Create mesh segments, Create mesh segments from best-fit surfaces
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