Use automatic segmentation to quickly segment and fit multiple surfaces to a mesh.
- Select the mesh.
- Click Mesh Tools tab > Create panel > Segment.
- Use the following options on the
Segment Mesh dialog to control the segmentation process:
- Click
Preview
to display a preview of the generated items.
Tip: Move the mouse over the generated item to display the fit tolerance.
Note: If you change options in the dialog, click
Preview again to update the preview.
- Click the generated items you want to keep, and click
Apply
to create the items.
Tip: Using
on the item performs the same action as clicking
Apply.
- To create additional items that were not previously detected:
- Change the
Similarity angle from the
Segment mesh dialog.
- Click
Preview.
- Select the items and click
Apply.
- Close the dialog and blank the mesh, leaving the newly created items.
Tip: Previously selected surfaces are remembered if you exit and then re-enter the segmenter for the same mesh.
If you delete a surface before returning to the segmenter, its regions are freed.
If you undo, redo, or modify the mesh, the persisted data is lost. If this happens, the segmenter cannot remember which surfaces it produced.