Product: Abaqus/CAE
Benefits: Three of the face editing tools added in Abaqus 6.10 have been enhanced in the current release. Enhancements to the offset, extend, and blend tools for editing faces simplify the operations, reduce the need for viewport selections, and add new control options for use when you edit models or create midsurface models.
Description: The Offset Faces operation now includes an option that allows Abaqus/CAE to select target faces automatically for determining the offset distance. The new Auto Select button shown in Figure 4–10 is available only when the faces to offset are part of the reference representation used for creating a midsurface model. When you use automatic selection, Abaqus/CAE considers faces from the opposite side of the midsurface region from those that you selected to offset.
The Extend Faces operation has two new options available if you use target faces to determine the extension distance. You can choose whether Abaqus/CAE extends the target faces (temporarily) to create intersections with the faces that you are extending. The Trim to extended underlying target surfaces option is toggled off by default. The second enhancement allows you to limit the edges that will be extended when you use target faces. Now when you click OK in the dialog box, Abaqus/CAE highlights only those edges from your selection that would intersect with the target faces and gives you the option to extend these edges instead of your original selection. You can accept the new selection, edit the new selection in the viewport, extend your original selection (edges or all free edges if you selected faces), or cancel the procedure.
The Blend Faces procedure has been enhanced so that you now select edges for the first and second sides of the blend before the dialog box is displayed. In addition, you can now select faces instead of edges for the second side to create a blend between edges and faces.
Part module: ToolsGeometry Edit: Face: Offset, Extend, or Blend
