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Glue Faces


To Glue Faces in the Main Menu select Repair - > Glue Faces.


This operation glues faces that are coincident with respect to the given tolerance value.


The Result will be a GEOM_Object.


TUI Command: geompy.MakeGlueFaces(theShape,theTolerance), where theShape is a compound of solids to be glued, theTolerance is a maximum distance between two faces, which can be considered as coincident.
Arguments: Name + Compound of solids + Tolerance value.
Advanced option: Set presentation parameters and subshapes from arguments.

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It is also possible to manually select the faces that will be glued - select the shape, specify the tolerance and press Detect button.

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Geometry module detects the faces where gluing can be performed and displays a notification.

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The faces that can be glued are colored in red. It is possible to select the faces for gluing in the 3D viewer. The selected faces will be marked in white.


Example:

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Object that needs gluing
glue_faces2.png
Glued object
glue_faces3.png
Manual selection of faces for gluing

Our TUI Scripts provide you with useful examples of the use of Repairing Operations.


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