Check & Fix Entities



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This function checks and fixes problematic entities in the model. These problematic entities are those with geometric or topological problems that ACIS (the geometric engine) cannot operate correctly.

Using different methods such as Healing, Splitting/Fair unsmooth faces, Tolerant Modeler, etc., the tool will fix the following problems:

The Check & Fix Entities dialog is displayed. This dialog contains the following sections:

 

 

Selection Options

 

 

 

 

 

Results

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Fix Options

 

Interaction:

  1. In the Selection Options, select the entities to be checked.

  2. Press the Check Entities button to start the checking process.

  3. Analyze the results.

  4. Based on your analysis of the results, select a Fix Options strategy and press the Fix entities button .
    The function fixes the problems you specified and automatically re-checks for remaining problematic entities.
    Depending on your Fix Options selection, a number of iterations of steps 3 and 4 may be required to fix all the problematic entities.

 

Selection Options

The following selection options are available for checking entities:

All entities

Include all entities in the file.

Visible only

Include only the visible entities.

By pick

Pick the entities to be checked.

 

Results

This section lists the created sets and the columns detail the type of problematic entity.

When the Check Entity button is pressed, the system checks the part. If problematic entities are found, the following message is displayed (for example):

Press OK to display a breakdown of the types of problematic entities, for example:

Press the appropriate Hide or Show icon to display the relevant problematic set in the graphic area.

Note: The recorded number of problematic entities may be less than the number of entities displayed as an entity may belong to more than one set (overlap).

 

Fix Options

The following options are available for fixing entities:

Fix invalid entities

Fix most of the problems mentioned above.

Remove small faces

Remove faces that are smaller than the area defined.
Example:

Replace heavy faces

Find 'heavy faces'. These are faces that cause a noticeable "slow down" in system performance. An example of such a "slow down" would be a one-minute wait for a face Offset operation. After a Replace heavy faces fix, the same Offset operation would take a few seconds.

Split unsmooth faces

Split one or more unsmooth faces at points where the surface is not smooth. The parameter limits the number of faces that can be produced from one face.

 

Action buttons

Check for problems in the entities specified.

Fix any problematic entities according to the selected Fix Options.

Close: Exit the function.

Help: Access the Online Help.

 

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