Edit Midsurface Plates
Use the Midsurfaces: Edit Plates tool to review and edit midsurface plates.
The type of plates used to create the midsurface is determined during midsurfacing.
Midsurfaces: Edit Plates Tool
An overview of the Midsurfaces: Edit Plates tool.
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Figure 4.
Use the Midsurfaces: Edit Plates tool to review and edit midsurface plates.
- Access
- Go to .
Options
- Select surfaces as plates
- Auto-select all surfaces of the plate.
- Color by
- Select whether to color plates by their type or give each plate its own color.
- Location
- Select whether to color plates on the midsurface or source geometry.
Plate and Surface Types
- Midsurface
- Surfaces created to represent a thin solid for shell meshing.
Figure 5. - Planes
- A continuous, flat plate.
Figure 6. - Sweeps
- A continuous plate that follows the contours of the geometry.
Figure 7. - Offsets
- A plate that is offset from one side of the source geometry.
Figure 8. - Transitions
- Surfaces that connect separate plates.
Figure 9. - Edges
- Surfaces that define the boundary of the midsurface.
Figure 10. - Ignored
- A surface that is ignored during midsurfacing.
- Unidentified
- A plate that has not been assigned a plate type.