Replace face operator for solid body modeling
AssigneeAutodesk, Inc.
InventorsKenneth Hill, Richard Brandt
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Abstract
A computer-implemented solid modeling system performs a replace face operation on a solid body by selecting one or more outgoing faces on the solid target body and replacing the selected faces with one or more incoming faces from an operator body. The selected faces on the target body may comprise a single face, a set of adjacent faces or a set of disjoint faces. The selected faces on the operator body may comprise one single-sided face or one or more sheets, wherein a sheet is an edge-connected set of double-sided faces.
Claims48
A method for modifying a solid body in a computer-implemented solid modeling system, comprising:
- (a) performing a replace face operation on a target body by selecting one or more outgoing faces on the target body and replacing the selected faces with one or more incoming faces from a operator body.
An apparatus for modifying a solid body, comprising:
- a computer;
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- a solid modeling system, executed by the computer, having logic for:
- (a) performing a replace face on a solid body by selecting one or more outgoing faces on the solid body and replacing the selected faces with one or more incoming faces from a sheet body.
An article of manufacture embodying logic for modifying a solid body in a computer-implemented solid modeling system, the logic comprising:
- (a) performing a replace face on a solid target body by selecting one or more outgoing faces on the target body and replacing the selected faces with one or more incoming faces from an operator body.
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