Check and repair imported data

Find and fix errors in imported data in repair environment

• Use the specialized commands in the repair environment to help analyze and repair model errors.
• To enter the repair environment immediately after import, select the file open option Import into Repair Environment.
• To enter the repair environment from the part environment, select Repair Bodies in the Surface panel and then select the base bodies to repair. You can also right-click a base body in the browser and select Repair Bodies in the context menu.
• To re-enter the repair environment from the part environment, double-click the repair node in the browser. You can also right-click the repair node and select Repair Bodies in the context menu.

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Show me how to use the repair environment tools

Create repair body after import

1. Create a base body by importing a file or using the Copy Object command.
2. On the ribbon, click 3D Model tab Surface panel Repair Bodies .
   Note: "Bodies" refers to solids and surfaces.
3. Select the bodies to repair in the browser or the graphics screen.
4. Click OK to create the repair node in the browser and activate the repair environment.

Repair environment workflow

1. Enter the repair environment.
2. Click Find Errors.
3. Examine the browser for errors.
4. Click Heal Errors.
5. Set the Allowable Change tolerance value.
6. Click Analyze Selected Bodies to preview the number of errors fixed using the current tolerance.
Note: Fixing multiple errors using a large tolerance can alter the model shape and cause downstream modeling operations to fail.
7. Click OK.
8. If errors remain:
   • To view all error tags on the body, in the browser, click the body folder.
   • To view all error tags for a type of error on the body, in the browser, click the error type folder.
   • In the browser, click an individual error to view the location. Click the error icon in the display to zoom to the error and enable the repair mini-toolbar.
   Tip: Select the Next and Previous arrows in the ribbon to activate the repair mini-toolbar.
   • To examine and repair individual errors, use the navigation and repair tools in the mini-toolbar.
   • Optionally, use Stitch to repair gaps and join surfaces in a quilt. Click Find remaining gaps and free edges to preview the stitched edges in black, the unstitched edges in red, and the near tangent edges in magenta. Adjust the gap tolerance if necessary. If the selected surfaces form a closed boundary, a solid is created.
   • You can use Unstitch to remove surfaces from the quilt.
   • You can use Transfer Surface to move the selection set to a selected body or a new composite. Use this function to group the imported data.
   • You can use the remaining surface tools to repair the data.
9. To exit the repair environment, click Finish.

The redefined repair body participates in modeling operations and history.

Parent topic: Repair environment