Repair context view reference

Shows a warning symbol, , or a checkmark, , to indicate whether the condition is fulfilled. Shows a blue question mark, , if the check has not been run or not been updated.

Click Update in the Statistics section, or set the checkbox Auto-update to always check immediately when some change is detected that could affect those statuses.

Figures in gray indicate that they may not be up to date after a change that could affect those values.

For very complex parts, automatic checking is potentially very calculation-intensive; switching to manual checking lets these checks be run only on demand.

Traces edges of holes with a yellow line

Traces all triangle edges with a black line

Only traces convex edges with a black line where adjacent triangles are angled more than this value away from each other

Traces all edges triangles where one edge is shorter than a threshold specified in Settings > Settings > Repair > Minimum edge length for good faces with an orange line

Draws the highlighting of faults (holes and degenerate faces) in a thicker line. Also draws it always on top even when the actual fault is covered by geometry

Counts triangle edges not connected to any other triangle edge

Counts closed loops of contiguous border edges

Closes all holes where only exactly one triangle is missing

Closes any holes matching a specified total border edge length

Border edge length range configurable with minimum and maximum

Merges close and parallel triangle borders

Closes all holes indiscriminately

Counts triangle edges where adjacent triangles have opposing normals

Attempts to fix orientation mismatches by flipping those triangles in the minority.

If surface is found unorientable (similar to a Möbius strip or a Klein bottle) or if the flip somehow creates new orientation mismatches, especially when multiple shells are involved, Netfabb offers to attempt to repair the mesh. This should be used with caution: While this may fix the issue itself, the result could be worse, or at least worse to fix further, than what could have been achieved with a targeted, manual fix in the first place.

Tests the triangle net for self-intersections and highlights them

Splits triangle net along self-intersections, generates new nodes and edges, and adds the sections as new mesh shells

Attempts to resolve self-intersections by splitting (see Split off), merging the new edges to close the surfaces at the seams, and deleting any inverted or floating mesh fragments. Use with caution as this resolution can repair the issues in unexpected ways based on the individual constellation of triangles.

Removes duplicates of triangles, leaving only one

Not configurable. For a configurable way to deal with triangle duplicates use overlap selection and manual deleting.

Reduces triangles that are extremely long and narrow in relation along their short edge, merging the nodes, leaving only the common edge between adjacent triangles

Resolves outermost intersections, dropping any internal structures

Removes large collections of triangles that intersect in very little space. Only deletes the triangles involved; does not repair any holes so created.

Splits edges between triangles of opposing normals

Lists available repair scripts

If repair is opened on a part from a loaded machine workspace, and the associated My machines record has a repair script assigned, it appears here prominently as first choice instead of the default, built-in scripts.

Prompts for the name of a new script and creates one when specified

Holds commands:

• Import script: Prompts to import a repair script from a REPAIR-type file
• Export script: Prompts to export the selected script to a REPAIR-type file
• Duplicate script: Clones the selected script
• Rename current script: Prompts for a new name for the selected script
  Note: Default scripts cannot be renamed.

Renaming is not available for built-in scripts.

Deletes the script currently selected in the dropdown menu

Does not ask for confirmation

Not available for built-in scripts

Access and, if available, adjust individual actions of the script.

• Double-click the green checkmark to immediately execute the action.
• Double-click the red X mark to immediately delete the action without confirmation.
• Right-click an action to access its context menu and disable or enable an action. Disabled actions are skipped during execution. For example, use this to conveniently try variants of the same action with different parameter values.

Deleting actions is not available for built-in scripts

Select which repair action to add to the script listing

Adds selected repair action at the bottom of the current script listing

Not available for built-in scripts

Saves any changes done to the currently selected script

Runs the currently selected script with any changes

Lists shells and mesh information about them

Right-click an entry to access the shell's context menu.

Multiple shells may be selected with Shift+Click or Ctrl+Click.

Note: The list can only display and sort 100 shells at a time. For working with much larger counts of shells, instead of selecting them by clicking batches of a hundred to perform some action, inverting a selection can be a more practical. Select shells you don't want to work with, then choose Edit > Toggle selection.

• Triangle count
• Surface area
• Bounding box volume
• Part volume
• Watertightness
• Orientedness
• Bounding box size

When enabled, left-clicking list entries selects the respective shell or shells in the 3D view. When disabled, the selection state is separate between list and 3D view.

Updates the list after an update to any shell's mesh, such as deleting a triangle

The list does not automatically update. After a change to the part's triangle mesh, the list contents are displayed in red text to indicate it is not up-to-date anymore.

Not available when part has no texture

Shows camera-facing part surface with some transparency

Colored highlighting for slim faces is always fully opaque.

Cumulative with optional transparency from clipping planes

Highlights triangles in yellow where the smallest angle is below the chosen threshold

Traces triangles considered slim with an orange border

Input for the threshold angle

0° to 20°

As an alternative to coloring and edge highlighting, shows an icon to indicate whether any slim triangles were identified

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Optimization Utility is a retired software component that is no longer available.

Threshold value for Surfaces selection to limit the flood-fill selection from spilling across hard edges. Any triangle that is angled up to this angle away from the previous one becomes selected as well.