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==Description== <!--T:2-->
==Description== <!--T:2-->
Cleans its unnecessary lines. After a Boolean operation some lines defining the previous form remain visible, this tool creates a copy of the totally cleaned.


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The {{Button|[[Image:Part_RefineShape.svg|16px]] [[Part_RefineShape|Part RefineShape]]}} produces a non-parametric copy with a refined shape, that is, with certain edges and faces cleaned up.

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After certain boolean operations, like [[Part_Fuse|Part Fuse]], some lines from the previous shapes may remain visible. This tool produces a copy of that boolean result, and cleans up those seams.

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'''Alternatively''', to produce other non-parametric copies use {{Button|[[Image:Part_SimpleCopy.svg|16px]] [[Part SimpleCopy|Simple Copy]]}}, {{Button|[[Image:Part_TransformedCopy.svg|16px]][[Part TransformedCopy|Transformed Copy]]}}, and {{Button|[[Image:Part_ElementCopy.svg|16px]] [[Part ElementCopy|Element Copy]]}}

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{{Caption|Original boolean result (left), and refined shape copy (right).}}


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# Select the shape to be cleaned.
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# Click the {{KEY|Part → Refine shape}} menu.
# Select an object that you wish to clean and copy.
* A copy of the object is created and totally cleaned, the original object is rendered hiden.
# Go to the menu {{MenuCommand|Part → Create a copy → [[Image:Part_RefineShape.svg|16px]] Refine shape}}.
* The newly created copy is independent of the original.
# A cleaned, independent copy of the original object is created; the original object is hidden.

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As of {{VersionPlus|0.19}} the result defaults to a parametric (linked) copy.

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This behavior can be changed in the [[Image:Std_DlgParameter.svg|16px]] [[Std DlgParameter|parameter editor]]:
# Go to the subgroup: {{incode|BaseApp/Preferences/Mod/Part}}
# Change {{incode|ParametricRefine}} of type {{incode|Boolean}} to {{FALSE}} to get the old behavior (independent copy).

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See other parameters in [[Fine-tuning|Fine-tuning]].

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* 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 that if your input shape is only a face, wire, edge or vertex then the algorithm does nothing.
* Unlike the [[Image:OpenSCAD_RefineShapeFeature.svg|24px]] [[OpenSCAD RefineShapeFeature|OpenSCAD RefineShapeFeature]] command, [[Image:Part_RefineShape.svg|24px]] [[Part_RefineShape|Part RefineShape]] won't update when the preceding shapes are changed.

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* This function can be used as the last step in the modelling work to clean up shapes in a traditional [[constructive solid geometry|constructive solid geometry]] workflow.
* This function may help to clean up the model before applying another feature, such as a [[Part_Fillet|Fillet]].
* This clean up may stop 3D printers from printing unwanted edges once the solid model is exported to a mesh format.
* This function can also be used after converting a mesh to a shape ([[Part_ShapeFromMesh|ShapeFromMesh]]) to clean up the residual edges on flat faces.


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The Phyton command for refining a shape is the following:
The Python command for refining a shape is the following:
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Note that the function does not modify the existing shape, but returns a new shape.
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Revision as of 15:24, 24 January 2021

Part RefineShape

Menu location
Part → Create a copy → Refine Shape
Workbenches
Part
Default shortcut
None
Introduced in version
-
See also
Part SimpleCopy, Part TransformedCopy, Part ElementCopy, OpenSCAD RefineShapeFeature

Description

The Part RefineShape produces a non-parametric copy with a refined shape, that is, with certain edges and faces cleaned up.

After certain boolean operations, like Part Fuse, some lines from the previous shapes may remain visible. This tool produces a copy of that boolean result, and cleans up those seams.

Alternatively, to produce other non-parametric copies use Simple Copy, Transformed Copy, and Element Copy

Original boolean result (left), and refined shape copy (right).

Usage

  1. Select an object that you wish to clean and copy.
  2. Go to the menu Part → Create a copy → Refine shape.
  3. A cleaned, independent copy of the original object is created; the original object is hidden.

As of version 0.19 and above the result defaults to a parametric (linked) copy.

This behavior can be changed in the parameter editor:

  1. Go to the subgroup: BaseApp/Preferences/Mod/Part
  2. Change ParametricRefine of type Boolean to false to get the old behavior (independent copy).

See other parameters in Fine-tuning.

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 that if your input shape is only a face, wire, edge or vertex then the algorithm does nothing.
  • Unlike the OpenSCAD RefineShapeFeature command, Part RefineShape won't update when the preceding shapes are changed.

Notes

  • This function can be used as the last step in the modelling work to clean up shapes in a traditional constructive solid geometry workflow.
  • This function may help to clean up the model before applying another feature, such as a Fillet.
  • This clean up may stop 3D printers from printing unwanted edges once the solid model is exported to a mesh format.
  • This function can also be used after converting a mesh to a shape (ShapeFromMesh) to clean up the residual edges on flat faces.

Scripting

The Python command for refining a shape is the following:

shape.removeSplitter()