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This task shows you how to erase faces and edges. Closed surfaces become opened
surfaces. |
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Open the Erasing1.CATPart document. |
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Click Erasing
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You can also access this command by pressing
ALT+SHIFT+E. |
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Select the face to erase.
A Tools Palette is displayed: |
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The following icons let you: |
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Erasing a Face
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Click Face Erasing
(it is selected by default).
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Click the face or faces to erase.
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Press Ctrl to select multiple elements to
erase.
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Release the mouse when you are satisfied with the new
shape of the surface.
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The same face cannot be cut twice by the same cutting. |
Erasing an Edge
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Click
Edge Erasing
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Click the edge to erase.
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The erasing propagates to the connected edges: |
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Release the mouse when you are satisfied with the new
shape of the surface.
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Edges created using the Face Cutting
command can be erased. |
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- Multi-selection is not available with this command.
- Only closed propagations or propagations up to a free
edge are available.
The following illustration shows you the kind of
edges that can be erased (in green) or not (in red): |
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Applying the Erase Command
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