Creating a Close Surface

You can add material to a surface in two opposite directions.

Before you begin: Create a 3D shape containing a surface, for instance an extrude surface.
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  1. Select the surface to be closed.



  2. Click Close Surface .

    The CloseSurface Definition dialog box opens.

  3. Click OK.

    The surface is closed. The operation (identified as CloseSurface.x) is added to the specification tree.The resulting feature does not keep the color of the original surface, but is displayed in purple indicating it is a volume: