SLECTING AND CHANGING SUFACES TO SOLIDS
SLECTING AND CHANGING SUFACES TO SOLIDS
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HI,
IF I HAVE A INCLOSED SURFACE WHICH IS SOME WHAT COMPLEX, HOW DO I SELECT ALL SURFACES AND CHANGE IT TO A SOLID. ALSO HOW CAN I SELECT SUFACES BY COLOR RATHER THAN INDIVIDUAL SELECTION?. THANK YOU IN ADVANCED.
IF I HAVE A INCLOSED SURFACE WHICH IS SOME WHAT COMPLEX, HOW DO I SELECT ALL SURFACES AND CHANGE IT TO A SOLID. ALSO HOW CAN I SELECT SUFACES BY COLOR RATHER THAN INDIVIDUAL SELECTION?. THANK YOU IN ADVANCED.
BOTTOMS UP!
VINNY





RE: SLECTING AND CHANGING SUFACES TO SOLIDS
If I understand you questions correctly:
_1. You can't go directly from a group of Surfaces to a Solid.
You need a Volume to create a Solid from a closed set of geometry.
Use the LIMIT2/FACE function to create Faces on your Surfaces.
The Faces must fully cover the outer surface of your desired Solid and share common boundries, no gaps or overlaps.
While still in the LIMIT2 function, select VOLUME. Select a Face and then the 'AUTO SELECT' box.
Watch *VOL1 magically appear.
Finally, invoke the function: SOLIDE/CREATE/COMPLEX/VOLUME and select *VOL1.
Now, if the stars are properly aligned and you are using V4, a new *SOL will suddenly manifest itself.
( If it didn't, double check those pesky Faces)
_2. You can pick everything, of the same color, in the current workspace by typing
*COLx (x= the numerical value of the color). example: *COL5 = Yellow
-or-
You can pick every Yellow Surface by keying:
*COL5&*SUR
Hope this has helped.
Chaplain
RE: SLECTING AND CHANGING SUFACES TO SOLIDS
BOTTOMS UP!
VINNY
RE: SLECTING AND CHANGING SUFACES TO SOLIDS
The aero industry is slow to move to V5, the only part we're using is Sketcher & 4D Nav...
Sorry I can't help.
G'luck,
Chap'n
RE: SLECTING AND CHANGING SUFACES TO SOLIDS
If youre volume consists of several surfaces, you have to do the "join" operation in GSD or Wireframe&Surface to make the volume as one unit.
To make a solid out of a volume in V5, you must use the "close surface" command witch is located under surface based features in the part design workbench.
The color selection thing, I`m not sure of.
Hope this will help you out.
/Yngve
RE: SLECTING AND CHANGING SUFACES TO SOLIDS
Alain