Remove & Extend : Options and Results

Access: Open this function from one of the following locations:

Click the button in the toolbar.
Select Solid > Main Tools > Remove & Extend from the menu bar.

Remove faces and extend adjacent faces to fill the gap.

This function can be used to:

Automatically select all adjacent smooth faces.
Remove round corners, extend the adjacent faces and create sharp corners instead.
Remove holes.
Heal faces that were previously split.
Extend adjacent faces.
Add cap faces.

Required Step 1

Pick the faces of the solid object to be removed. The face selection mode is automatically set to Expand to Round, however, you can set this as required.

The following toggle parameters are displayed:		Pick the face to be removed. In this case, a round face is picked with the default Expand to Round mode.	The related round faces are selected.

Parameters:

Merge Adjacent Faces On/Off

This is a toggle option Merge Adjacent Faces On/Off enabling you to merge the adjacent faces, after the selected face(s) have been removed and the adjacent faces have been extended to fill the gap.

The faces selected for this example:	Merge Adjacent Faces On: The adjacent faces (extended to fill the gap created by the removed faces) have been merged.	Merge Adjacent Faces Off: The adjacent faces (extended to fill the gap created by the removed faces) have NOT been merged. This is the default option.

Cap Round Faces On

This is a toggle option Cap Round Faces On/Off enabling you to add cap faces, after the selected face(s) have been removed and the adjacent faces have been extended to fill the gap.

The faces selected for this example:	Cap Round Faces On: Add cap faces after the selected faces have been removed. This is the default option.	Cap Round Faces Off: Don't add cap faces after the selected faces have been removed.

Restore Original Capping Faces

This is a toggle option Restore Original Capping Faces / Extend which enables you to restore the original shape before the Round 3 Faces function was used.
This option is only displayed if a full round is selected.

Restore Original Capping Faces: Restore the original shape.	Extend: Remove the selected faces and extend the adjacent faces.

Examples (see other examples below):

Press OK or Apply in the Feature Guide to complete the function.

Other Examples

Removing Round Corners:Removing Round Corners:

Pick the faces of the solid object to be removed.	The adjacent faces are extended.

ExExtending Open Objects:tending Open Objects:

Pick the faces of the solid object to be removed.	The adjacent faces are extended.


Whereas previously, these were separate faces,	the faces have been extended to form one face.

Pick the faces of the open object to be removed.	The adjacent faces of the open object are extended.

RRemoving Ribs:emoving Ribs:

Pick the faces of the solid object to be removed.	The adjacent faces are extended.


Whereas previously, these were separate faces,	the faces have been extended to form one face.

Pick the ribs of the solid object to be removed.	The adjacent faces of the solid object are extended to create single faces.

Extending Adjacent Faces 1:Extending Adjacent Faces 1:

Pick the faces of the solid object to be removed.	The adjacent faces are extended.

Extending Adjacent Faces 2:Extending Adjacent Faces 2:

Pick the faces of the solid object to be removed.	The adjacent faces are extended.

Healing Faces That Were Previously Split:Healing Faces That Were Previously Split:

Pick the faces of the solid object to be removed.	The adjacent faces are extended.


Whereas previously, these were separate faces,	the faces have been extended to form one face.

When completed, the Remove & Extend feature will appear in the Feature Tree as follows:

Some functionality may be dependent on the product package. Contact your Reseller if you require a license.