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# Specify the required settings. Make sure the {{MenuCommand|Tolerance}} values are not too low, and the {{MenuCommand|Minimum number of faces}} values not too high. |
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Revision as of 11:17, 20 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 Segmentation |
Menu location |
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Meshes → Create mesh segments... |
Workbenches |
Mesh |
Default shortcut |
None |
Introduced in version |
- |
See also |
Mesh SegmentationBestFit |
Description
The Mesh Segmentation command creates separate mesh segments for the specified surface types of a mesh object.
Usage
- Select a single mesh object.
- Select the Create mesh segments... option from the menu.
- The Mesh segmentation task panel opens.
- Optionally check the Smooth mesh option and specify a value for the smoothness of the mesh. The higher the value the smoother the mesh is assumed to be. Specifying
0
has the same effect as unchecking this option. Do not select this option if you want to create planar segments. - Select the surface type you wish the create mesh segments for. You can select more than one type, but this can lead to poorer results. The available surface types are:
- Plane
- Cylinder
- Sphere
- Freeform
- Specify the required settings. Make sure the Tolerance values are not too low, and the Minimum number of faces values not too high.
- Press the OK button.
- The command will create a group containing separate mesh objects, each a segment of the original mesh object.
- If the created group is empty try using the command again with modified settings.
Notes
- The command is a work in progress. The current version has trouble identifying faces at the edges of surface types.
Mesh
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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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