Interim Edit Tools

The modifications you make to the midsurface using the Interim Edit tools are not automatically applied. You must delete and re-extract the midsurface in the Auto Extraction subpanel to apply your modifications.

Edit Plates Subpanel

Use the Edit Plates subpanel to manually review and edit plates when the automatic detection of plates is not correct.

Plate information will only created upon extracting midsurface using the offset+planes+sweeps and offset+planes methods.

Any changes made to the midsurface using the plate edit tools will not be visible until you click update within the same panel, or after you extract the midsurface using the offset+planes+sweeps or offset+planes methods.

Table 1. Panel Options
Option	Action
show edit/all	Display plate edit inputs.
Review planar plates / sweep plates / offset plates	Select a plate type to review.
planar/ sweep / offset / auto	Select a plate type to edit. Planar Group of surfaces that have a planar surface inserted in between them. The inserted middle surface is a trimmed piece of planar surface. Planar plate's midsurfaces are trimmed using plate edges. Sweep Group of surfaces that have a sweep surface inserted between them. Offset Group of surfaces that have a non-planar surface inserted between them. Midsurface will be created from offsetting one of the side plates (green plate). Auto Group of surfaces that automatically have a midsurface inserted between them. An algorithm determines the plate type for the group of surfaces that has a midsurface inserted between them.
single surface selector: surfs	Select a single surface from the modeling window.
plates on / plates off	Turn the display of plates on and off.
non-plates on / non-plates off	Turn the display of non-plates (transition and not trim surface) on and off.
new plate	Replace the selected surface with a new plate. The new plate's type is determined by your selection in the drop-down menu on the left-hand side of the panel.
transition surface	Transition surface provides more information to the algorithm regarding inserting surface where two regular plates are intersecting. An algorithm calculates how far intersecting plates can be extended based on the transition surface.
not a trim surface	Move the selected surface that you do not want to be used in the midsurface extraction process into the component, ^Not a trim surface. HyperWorks ignores the surfaces in the ^Not a trim surface component during the extraction process.
switch sides	Each plate has two sides (blue and green) between which the midsurface is inserted. By default, HyperWorks generates the midsurface by offsetting the green side of the plate. If you are unsatisfied with the midsurface that was generated from the green side and want the midsurface to be offset from the blue side, click switch sides. HyperWorks offsets the midsurface from the new green side, which was blue before using switch side.
plate edge	Acts as a trimming surface for all plate types, and is used to trim inserted midsurfaces.
show related midsurfaces	Only display the midsurface associated with a plate in the modeling window.
full plate selector: surfs	Select the plate(s) you wish to edit in the modeling window.
merge plates	Combine multiple plates into a single plate.
restore displayed comps	Restore the display of the components, as they were before you entered the Plate Edit panel, after you exit the panel.

Table 2. Command Buttons
Button	Action
update	Delete the existing midsurface, and then create a new midsurface with the modified plate edit information. HyperWorks updates the Model browser with the new plate edit information.
clear all	Delete all of the plate information.
reject	Reject the most recent plate edit operation.
return	Return to the edit plates subpanel.

Edit Base Surfaces Subpanel

Use the Edit Base Surfaces subpanel to specify a distance from the base surfaces of multiple solids, that you wish to treat as if they were continuous, to generate separate-but-aligned midsurfaces for during extraction.

Option	Action
use base surfaces	Enable inputs which you can use to specify a distance from the base surfaces of solids, that you wish to treat as if they were continuous, to generate separate-but-aligned midsurfaces for during extraction. If use base surfaces is disabled, new midsurfaces will not be generated at the specified distance from the selected base surfaces. The setup of the base surfaces that you modified will be retained for future use as long as you do not delete them.
surfs selector	Select base surfaces to edit.
distance to base	Specify a distance to create new midsurfaces from the selected base surfaces.
lock manipulator	Specify a distance to create new midsurfaces from the selected base surfaces using the manipulator in the modeling window. When selected, the manipulator value cannot be modified.
add base	Apply the modifications made to the selected base surfaces.
delete base	Delete the modifications made to the selected base surfaces.

Edit Collapsed Lines Subpanel

Use the Edit Collapsed Lines subpanel to enable visualization settings to display point associations on the midsurface after extraction, and manually define lines and line chains to establish the linkage between points that should collapse to the same location.

Option	Action
allow rerun	If allow rerun is selected and the allow rerun switch is set to prepare for rerun, the lines that connect associated points on the midsurface are highlighted blue. If the allow rerun switch is set to do rerun, new midsurfaces will be generated using all of the lines that are flagged for collapse. If allow rerun is disabled, the lines that you manually collapsed will not be used when a new midsurface is extracted.
allow rerun switch	Select the behavior of collapsed lines during midsurface extraction. no rerun Do not generate new midsurfaces using the lines that you manually collapsed. prepare for rerun Highlight the lines that connect associated points on the midsurface blue after extraction. do rerun Extract midsurfaces using all of the collapsed lines that were automatically found and the lines that you manually collapsed.
trim surfaces with cut lines selector	Select surfaces to trim.
Review	Invoke surface review mode. In surface review mode, click on various surfaces to review its assigned targets and corresponding mid-surface (if there is such information present in the model). To exit surface review mode, right-click or exit the panel.
drag a cut line	Create a line to cut the selected surfaces.
toggle transparency	Turn the transparency of transparent components on and off. When the transparency is temporarily turned off, it is often easier to select surfaces.
lines to collapse selector	Select lines to collapse.
collapse	Collapse selected lines.
delete	Delete selected lines.