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Sew
See also: Sewing method, Unsew.
Menu access: Shape | Surfacic / boolean operations | Sew.
Description:
Allows you to sew surface shape together.
General philosophy:
Give the sewing tolerance.
Select the surface shapes to sew and confirm with OK .
Available option(s):
In associative conception mode (
configurable in the document properties),
the button NON
ASSOCIATIVE allows
you to sew surfaces without keeping the informations of this operation.
In the non associative mode, at the end of the sewing, TopSolid asks you if you want to simplify the shape geometry. This option allows you to convert (using a given tolerance) b-spline surfaces into planar, cylindrical or conical surfaces. To get more information, see: Shape | Manage | Simplify geometry.
This mode also allows you to sew with automatic iteration. (see: Sewing method )
In associative mode, the option
Hide
tools= YES or
NO
allows
you to set the tools surfaces invisible or not after the sewing.
After the sewing you can choose between
three buttons:
DO NOT COPY BOUNDARY EDGES : simply ends the function.
COPY BOUNDARY EDGES : Copy boundary edges of the sewn surfaces. This allows you to visualize the potential holes in the surface. It is sensible to choose a thick line type and a different colour in order to easily locate the edges.
COPY BOUNDARY EDGES WITH MIDPOINTS : Do the same operation than the button before but create as well the middle points of the edges.
Specific point(s):
If the surfaces to sew comes from
an import, you may use the non associative sewing. This will make the
file smaller instead of keeping the information of an operation that do
not really need to be in this case.
Use the associative sewing mode only
if you may need to modify the original surfaces of the sewing.
