Part RefineShape: Difference between revisions
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# Select the shape to be cleaned. |
# Select the shape to be cleaned. |
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# Click the {{KEY|Part → Refine shape}} menu. |
# Click the {{KEY|Part → Refine shape}} menu. |
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* A copy of the object is created and totally cleaned, the original object is rendered |
* A copy of the object is created and totally cleaned, the original object is rendered hidden. |
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* The newly created copy is independent of the original. |
* The newly created copy is independent of the original. |
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* the function is normally used as last step in the modelling history |
* the function is normally used as last step in the modelling history |
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* the function can help to get difficult fillets to work |
* the function can help to get difficult fillets to work |
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* the function is intended to stop 3D printers from printing unwanted edges |
* the function is intended to stop 3D printers from printing unwanted edges |
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* the function can be used after converting a mesh to shape to clean up the residual edges on planar faces. |
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Revision as of 16:17, 9 April 2016
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| Menu location |
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| Part → Refine Shape |
| Workbenches |
| Part, OpenSCAD |
| Default shortcut |
| None |
| Introduced in version |
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| See also |
| None |
Description
Cleans unnecessary lines. After a Boolean operation some lines defining the previous form remain visible, this tool creates a copy of the totally cleaned.
Use
- Select the shape to be cleaned.
- Click the Part → Refine shape menu.
- A copy of the object is created and totally cleaned, the original object is rendered hidden.
- The newly created copy is independent of the original.
Limitations
- 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.
- Opposed to RefineShapeFeature in OpenSCAD workbench, this feature won't update when the underlying shapes are changed
Scripting
The Phyton command for refining a shape is the following:
shape.removeSplitter()Notes
- 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
- the function can be used after converting a mesh to shape to clean up the residual edges on planar faces.