Stitch surfaces in the Repair environment

You can stitch surfaces together into a quilt or a solid. Edges can be of different sizes or not adjacent to each other.

A stitch feature is not placed in the browser.

Stitch

Use the stitch command to reveal gaps and open edges and to join surfaces.

  1. On the ribbon, click Repair tab Modify panel Stitch . The Stitch dialog box displays.
  2. Choose a method to select surfaces:
    • To select one or more individual surfaces in the graphics window, choose Face.
    • To select the entire body at once, choose Body.
  3. Set the Fill gaps smaller than tolerance.
  4. If appropriate, select the check box for Maintain as surface.
  5. Click Find remaining gaps and free edges to preview before stitching. Edges without a co-edge become red in color. Successfully stitched edges are black. The maximum gap and free edge list is displayed.
    • To locate the gap, right-click a gap in the list and choose Find In Window.
    • To copy the value to the tolerance box, right-click a gap in the list and choose Set As Tolerance.
  6. Click OK to join surfaces together in a quilt or solid. All edges return to their original color.
  7. To stitch surfaces that were unsuccessful the first time, start the command and adjust the value in the Fill gaps smaller than box. Look at the remaining edge pairs that you want to stitch together and the smallest associated Max Gap value. The Max Gap value is the largest gap that the Stitch command considers for making a tolerant edge. Use the smallest Max Gap value as a guide for entering a tolerance value. For example, a Max Gap of 0.00362 must have a value of 0.004 entered in the Fill gaps smaller than box to enable a successful stitch.

Transfer Surface

You can stitch a selection set into a new composite or move and stitch to a selected body.

  1. On the ribbon, click Repair tab Modify panel Transfer Surface . The Transfer Surface dialog box displays.
  2. Choose a method to select surfaces:
    • To select one or more individual surfaces in the graphics window, choose Face.
    • To select the entire body at once, choose Body.
  3. Select one of the following destinations:
    • To stitch the face or body to the selected body, choose Body.
    • To stitch the selection into a new group, choose Create New Composite.
  4. Set the Fill gaps smaller than tolerance.
  5. If appropriate, select the check box for Maintain as surface.
  6. Click Find remaining gaps and free edges to preview before stitching. Edges without a co-edge become red in color. Successfully stitched edges are black. The maximum gap and free edge list is displayed.
    • To locate the gap, right-click a gap in the list and choose Find In Window.
    • To copy the value to the tolerance box, right-click a gap in the list and choose Set As Tolerance.
  7. Click OK to join surfaces together in a quilt or solid. All edges return to their original color.
  8. To stitch surfaces that were unsuccessful the first time, start the command and adjust the value in the Fill gaps smaller than box. Look at the remaining edge pairs that you want to stitch together and the smallest associated Max Gap value. The Max Gap value is the largest gap that the Stitch command considers for making a tolerant edge. Use the smallest Max Gap value as a guide for entering a Maximum Tolerance value. For example, a Max Gap of 0.00362 must have a value of 0.004 entered in the Maximum Tolerance list to enable a successful stitch.

Add Surface

You can join a surface to an existing quilt.

  1. In the browser, right-click a quilt. The Stitch:Add dialog box displays.
  2. Choose a method to select surfaces to add to the active quilt:
    • To select one or more individual surfaces in the graphics window, choose Face.
    • To select the entire body at once, choose Body.
  3. Set the Fill gaps smaller than tolerance.
  4. If appropriate, enable the Maintain as surface check box.
  5. Click Find remaining gaps and free edges to preview before stitching. Edges without a co-edge become red in color. Successfully stitched edges are black. The maximum gap and free edge list is displayed.
    • To locate the gap, right-click a gap in the list and choose Find In Window.
    • To copy the value to the tolerance box, right-click a gap in the list and choose Set As Tolerance.
  6. Click OK to join surfaces together in a quilt or solid. All edges return to their original color.
  7. To stitch surfaces that were unsuccessful the first time, start the command and adjust the value in the Fill gaps smaller than box. Look at the remaining edge pairs that you want to stitch together and the smallest associated Max Gap value. The Max Gap value is the largest gap that the Stitch command considers for making a tolerant edge. Use the smallest Max Gap value as a guide for entering a Maximum Tolerance value. For example, a Max Gap of 0.00362 must have a value of 0.004 entered in the Maximum Tolerance list to enable a successful stitch.
Parent topic: Stitched surfaces