Connect Untrimmed Surfaces
3-D FFS > Process > Connect untrimmed surfaces
Use this function to connect 2 untrimmed surfaces continuously.
- Identify the border of the 2 freeform surfaces you want to connect.
- Specify whether you want to change only the second surface or both surfaces.
- Select the connecting method:
- Continuous,
- Tangent-continuous or
- Curvature-continuous.
The two freeform surfaces shown below are to be connected with each other:
Left: Change of 2nd surface, Method: Continuous; Right: Change of both surfaces, Method: Continuous
Left: Change of 2nd surface, Method: Curvature-continuous; Right: Change of both surfaces, Method: Curvature-continuous
The enlarged image shows that the curvature-continuous method produces rounder transitions than the tangent-continuous method.
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