Mesh preparation

The following tools let you repair imported mesh bodies in Fusion to prepare them for manufacturing.

Use the following commands in the Design > Mesh > Prepare and Design > Direct Mesh Editing > Prepare panel to prepare mesh bodies:

Repair
Generate Face Groups
Combine Face Groups

Use Create Face Group in the Design > Direct Mesh Editing > Prepare panel to prepare mesh bodies.

Repair

The Repair command repairs a mesh body to prepare it for further design and manufacturing operations.

You select a mesh body to repair, then select a repair type. For the Rebuild repair type, select a rebuild type, then adjust density and offset.

Check Preview, then expand the Detailed Analysis section to see a more granular analysis of the areas to repair.

repair example

Generate Face Groups

The Generate Face Groups command automatically generates face groups on a mesh body using the normal angles between faces to determine the boundaries of each face group.

You select mesh bodies or face groups, select the generation method, then adjust the angle threshold, tolerance, and minimal face group size.

Note: When you use Tessellate to convert a solid or a surface body to a mesh body, face groups are generated automatically. When you use Insert Mesh to insert a mesh body into a design, all faces on the mesh body are added to a single face group.

generate face groups example

Combine Face Groups

The Combine Face Groups command combines two or more adjacent face groups on a mesh body.

You select two or more adjacent face groups on the mesh body to combine them.

combine face groups example

Create Face Group

The Create Face Group command combines selected faces into a group on a mesh body.

You select faces on a mesh body to include in the face group. The faces do not need to be connected.

Adjust the settings in the Mesh Palette to refine the selection set.

Note: Create Face Group is only available in Direct Modeling mode.

create face group example