Remove Extra Edges

Remove Extra Edges feature eliminates seam and degenerated edges from faces that lie on spherical surfaces. Also it merges adjacent same-domain edges and, optionally, adjacent same-domain faces in the same way as Fuse Faces .

This feature is useful for processing the results of Fuse, Union or Partition operations.

To perform Remove Extra Edges in the active part:

  1. select in the Main Menu Features - > Remove Extra Edges item or

  2. click remove_extra_edges.icon Remove Extra Edges button in the toolbar

The following property panel appears:

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Remove Extra Edges property panel

Input fields:

  • Shape - contains object selected in the Object Browser or in the Viewer, on which extra edges will be removed.

  • Unite faces - check it to merge adjacent same-domain faces.

TUI Command:

model.addRemoveExtraEdges(Part_doc, shape, doUniteFaces)
Parameters

  • part – The current part object.

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

  • bool – True to merge faces. False by default.

Returns

Created object.

Result

The Result of the operation will be a shape with some eliminated edges:

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Shape before and after operation Remove Extra Edges

See Also a sample TUI Script of Remove Extra Edges operation.