Managing User Surface in Group of Surfaces

You can add a user surface to the group of surfaces of an annotation.

Before you begin: Open an existing 3D shape.
Related Topics
3D Annotations and View/Annotation Planes

  1. Right-click the annotation as shown below on the 3D shape and select the Associated Geometry > Geometry Connection Management from the contextual menu.

    The Connection Management dialog box appears.



  2. Check that Unique option is activated in Scope Range.

  3. Right-click Group of Surfaces.8 in the Graph of Geometrical Links as shown below and select the Add Component contextual menu.

    It will add a new component to the group of surfaces Group of Surfaces.10 feature and prompts you to select the new geometrical element to be linked to the annotations.

  4. Select the hole surface as shown below on the part.

    The Connection Management dialog box displays the new connected geometry: Geometric Component.1.



  5. Click Check Validity to check the new geometry component validity relative to the selected annotation.

    The current geometry is OK.



  6. Be sure that Current is selected in Geometry Highlight then select Group of Surfaces.8 in the Graph of Geometrical Links.

    This option shows you the current group of surfaces of the selected annotation after the modification.



    The four geometric components are now linked to the annotation.

  7. Select now Initial in Geometry Highlight .

    This option shows you the initial group of surfaces of the selected annotation before the modification.

    Important:

    Options in Geometry Htighlight are always applied to the selection in the Graph of Geometrical Links.

  8. Right-click Geometric Component.1 in the Graph of Geometrical Links as shown below and select the Rename contextual menu.

    The Rename dialog box appears.



  9. Enter the new name: Hole Surface and click OK in the Rename dialog box.

    The feature has been renamed.



    Important:

    You can remove an user surface from the group of surfaces using the Delete command from the contextual menu. But as the group of surfaces is made of two user surfaces at least, it cannot be reduced to one user surface, thus the Delete command is disabled when a group of surfaces contains two user surfaces.

  10. Click OK in the Connection Management dialog box.