More About Integrating the Surface World into Solid Modeling

Use Surface-based Features to Integrate Surface Modeling into Solid Modeling

Using surface-based features (Split , Thick Surface , Close Surface , Sew Surface ) is not a new way of integrating surfaces into solid modeling. However, what hybrid design changes is the fact that surfaces can be included in the same body as the features they support. Here is an example of what you can now obtain:

In such a case, surfaces are necessarily defined before defining the feature. Indeed, this is because that the order principle inherent to hybrid design must be respected. If you modify these surfaces, the solid features located after the modifications will be affected by those modifications.