Joining adjacent faces of a solid in NX2
Joining adjacent faces of a solid in NX2
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I'm attempting to combine two adjacent faces in a solid model in order to eliminate an edge that is causing me trouble when meshing for FE analysis. One of the faces is planar, the other is a trimmed toroid; if you imagine a top hat shape, I am trying to join the brim of the hat with the fillet around the base of the cylindrical part. I would like to end up with one b-surface that approximates the two originals.
Edit>Face>Join Face sounds like the right thing, but it tells me "Face is not parametrical-rectangular" when I pick the planar surface.
Insert>Free Form Feature>Quilt looks promising, but I just can't seem to make it work. It distributes points across about half of the area, then just stops and doesn't seem to make any more progress.
Any suggestions?
Edit>Face>Join Face sounds like the right thing, but it tells me "Face is not parametrical-rectangular" when I pick the planar surface.
Insert>Free Form Feature>Quilt looks promising, but I just can't seem to make it work. It distributes points across about half of the area, then just stops and doesn't seem to make any more progress.
Any suggestions?





RE: Joining adjacent faces of a solid in NX2
I think I have a good idea of what your part may look like. If I am getting this mental image correct, the entire solid could possibly be made from a single revolution, correct? So why not use Join Curve to join all of your curves into one continuous spline & then revolve the spline to create the solid? That should eliminate the edges created with the trimmed toroid.
Tim Flater
Senior Designer
Enkei America, Inc.
www.enkei.com
RE: Joining adjacent faces of a solid in NX2
Join Curve was the answer. I was trying to avoid re-creating the geometry because the "top hat" is part of a larger imported solid (imagine a bit of formed sheet metal with holes in it and top hats sticking through the holes), but in the end it was easier to chop it out and re-create it.
Thanks for your help.
Matt
RE: Joining adjacent faces of a solid in NX2
Tim Flater
Senior Designer
Enkei America, Inc.
www.enkei.com