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Mesh Guide Toolbar
Access: To show the Mesh
Guide Toolbar, right-click a currently displayed toolbar and
select the Mesh checkbox from
the popup list of available toolbars.
To hide the toolbar, unselect the checkbox.
The Mesh Guide toolbar, located on the right side of the Cimatron window, lists the Mesh functions in a logical order to guide you through the mesh creation process, from start to finish.
How to show or hide this guide
Notes:
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The Guide Bars can be customized as required.
The Mesh Guide toolbar steps are detailed below.
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Mesh Diagnostics. Summary:Summary: Check and fix mesh bodies. This function checks the validity (topology) of the mesh object and is not a printability check. |
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Invert Direction. Summary:Summary: Invert the direction of open mesh objects. |
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Close Entire Mesh Object. Summary:Summary: Close all open areas in selected mesh objects. |
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Close Mesh Gaps. Summary:Summary: Close holes and gaps in mesh bodies. |
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Add / Remove Facets. Summary:Summary: Add or remove facets (triangles) to/from a mesh object. |
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Global Decimate. Summary:Summary: Decimate (simplify) an entire mesh object. |
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Local Decimate. Summary:Summary: Decimate (simplify) selected facets. |
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Split/Copy Facets. Summary:Summary:
Split an existing mesh object into separate objects or create a new mesh object from a selection of existing facets. |
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Copy to Mesh. Summary:Summary: Copy selected geometry to a mesh object. |
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Remesh an existing mesh object to achieve greater equilateral triangulation. This can help to fix or improve mesh objects and also makes them ready to be used in FEA calculations. |
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Smooth a mesh object or selected facets to remove sharp edges and simplify the object. |
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Cut / Divide Mesh. Summary:Summary: Cut or divide mesh objects. |
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Unite selected objects into one mesh object. |
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Stitch open objects into a single Mesh object. This stitches facets and faces that are separate objects into one Mesh object. At least one of the selected objects must be a Mesh object. |
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Offset / Shell Mesh. Summary:Summary: Offset, Shell or Extend an entity, producing a mesh result. |
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Create volumetric text on the part. |
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Point Cloud to Mesh. Summary:Summary: Create a mesh object from a point cloud. |
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Composite on Mesh. Summary:Summary: Create composite curves by selecting mesh facet edges. The created contour can be used as input for any solid design, surfacing or mesh design operation. |
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Showing or Hiding the Mesh Guide Toolbar
To hide or show the Mesh Guide toolbar, click the Access button at the top of this Help topic for instructions.
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