Silhouette

Menu access: Curve | Other curves | Silhouette

Description:

Creates the curves that define the silhouette of one or several faces from a given direction. This function can help you in defining the parting line of a plastic part.

General philosophy:

1. Select the direction .

2. Select the face on which you wan to get the silhouette from given direction.

Available Option(s) :

You can get all silhouettes of all faces by selecting the  ALL FACES  button.

When a face creates several silhouette curves, you can choose to get one or several curves following option:

 Mode= ALL CURVES  or  ONE CURVE .

The option  Sew curve= YES  or  NO  allows you to sew together the resulting curves.

In order to make the sewing possible, all the resulting curves must be joined.

You can modify the silhouette angle with the normal.

You can change the reference direction by using the  CHANGE REFERENCE DIRECTION  button.

Example(s):

Specific point(s):

Planar surfaces does not generate silhouette curves.

Available modification(s):

You can change the angle value and the reference direction using the icon.