Use the Contact Point Group panel to select a support type, manually or automatically position contact points, and generate supports. To display the panel, select the Contact Point Group item in the Project Tree.
The following settings are available:
- Select Support Type — Click this button to display the Support Type Selector panel.
- Contact Point Group — When you have generated contact points, the number of points within the group is displayed here.
- Limit region — Select this option to display the maximum and minimum height boxes, which enable you to specify which percentage of the part's height to which the contact point group applies.
- Maximum height — Enter a value for the maximum percentage of the part's height that the contact point group applies to.
- Minimum height — Enter a value for the minimum percentage of the part's height that the contact point group applies to.
Modify Contact Points — Click this button to add or remove contact points. Click the model to place a contact point, and click a contact point to remove it.
Automatically Generate Contact Points — Click this button to automatically generate contact points. You must first select a support type.
Generate Supports — Click this button to generate supports from the contact points within the selected group. You must first select a support type.
Note: The availability of this feature is license dependent.