Sub-shapes

The feature Sub-shapes modifies the selected entity by creating a non-manifold topology. It gives the possibility to:

  • add/remove vertices lying on edges of a wire;

  • add/remove edges and vertices lying on a face.

To create Sub-shapes in the active part:

  1. select in the Main Menu Build - > Sub-shapes item or

  2. click feature_subshapes.icon Sub-shapes button in the toolbar

The following property panel appears.

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Sub-shapes property panel

Input fields:

  • Shape panel contains the shape to be modified. The shape is selected in 3D OCC viewer or object browser. For today it has to be a wire or a face;

  • Sub-shapes panel contains the list of sub-shapes which are already included into result. A sub-shape can be deleted from the list or the list can be extended with new shapes selected in the view.

TUI Command:

model.addSubShapes(Part_doc, shape, sub-shapes)
Parameters

  • part – The current part object.

  • object – A shape in format model.selection(TYPE, shape).

  • list – A list of sub-shapes in format model.selection(TYPE, subshape).

Returns

Result object.

Result

The result replaces the original shape with its copy with added/removed sub-shapes.

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Sub-shapes

See Also a sample TUI Script of Create Sub-shapes operation.