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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 hidden. |
* 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. => Since 0.19 version of 2019/07/09, the RefineShape feature defaults to a parametric (linked) copy. This behavior can be changed with '''ParametricRefine''' parameter described in [[Fine-tuning]] |
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Revision as of 09:13, 23 July 2019
Part RefineShape |
Menu location |
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Part → Refine Shape |
Workbenches |
Part |
Default shortcut |
None |
Introduced in version |
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See also |
OpenSCAD Refine Shape Feature |
Description
Cleans unnecessary lines. After a Boolean operation some lines defining the previous form remain visible, this tool creates a totally cleaned copy of the original.
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. => Since 0.19 version of 2019/07/09, the RefineShape feature defaults to a parametric (linked) copy. This behavior can be changed with ParametricRefine parameter described 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 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 preceding shapes are changed.
Scripting
The Python 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.
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