Glue Faces

Glue Faces feature glues faces that are coincident with respect to the given tolerance value.

To perform Glue Faces in the active part:

  1. select in the Main Menu Features - > Glue Faces item or

  2. click glue_faces.icon Glue Faces button in the toolbar

The following property panel appears:

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Glue Faces property panel

Input fields:

  • Objects - contains a list of objects selected in the Object Browser or in the Viewer, on which faces will be glued.

  • Tolerance - sets the tolerance value to be used for the gluing operation.

  • Keep non-solid shapes - defines whether to keep non-solid shapes during the gluing operation.

TUI Command:

model.addGlueFaces(Part_doc, objects, tolerance, keepNonSolid)
Parameters

  • part – The current part object.

  • objects – A list of shapes for which faces should be glued.

  • number – The tolerance value.

  • boolean – True to keep non-solid shapes.

Returns

Created object.

Result

The result of the operation will be a compound shape with eliminated faces. If no faces were glued, the result will be a compound with the original selected shapes.

See Also a sample TUI Script of Glue Faces operation.