Tutorial HM-2000

Altair Forum User
Altair Forum User
Altair Employee
edited October 2020 in Community Q&A

Step3, Point 2:

How can I select the overhanging surface?

Thank you!

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  • Altair Forum User
    Altair Forum User
    Altair Employee
    edited September 2012

    Hello,

    if you can see the surface like in the picture (shaded mode), then you have to press F2 or go to 'Geometry->Delete->Surface' (Menu) or (bottom menu) 'Tools->Delete->' select surf in the yellow button.

    Then you can pick with the left mouse button the surface and press 'delete entity'...

    Regards,

    Mario

  • Altair Forum User
    Altair Forum User
    Altair Employee
    edited September 2012

    Thank you, thats exactly what i've done, but the the overhanging surface allone for me is 'untouchable'. By clicking the area, the highlighted lines or the points a much more greater surface is marked (a rectangle surface along the whole edge of the clip).

    I can't capture the delta (overhanging) area.

  • Altair Forum User
    Altair Forum User
    Altair Employee
    edited September 2012

    Hello,

    yes, thats right. But in the tutorial you have to pick the whole surface, not the overlapping piece.

    The surface isn't trimmed in the file, so you are picking the big one.

    If you want to play, then try this...

    1. in the lower tools go to Geom->surface edit->trim with surfs/plane->with surfs (trim both)

    2. select the first yellow button(surfs), pick the big surface including overlap

    3. switch to the second surfs button(yellow) and select the small curved surface under the overlap

    4. press trim

    5. delete the overlap now

    6. check the edge status (select mixed representation of geometry) and the line is now green

    Regards,

    Mario

  • Altair Forum User
    Altair Forum User
    Altair Employee
    edited September 2012

    Yeees, so it works!!

    But:

    The description in the tutorial leads to misunderstandings because the sketch embedded in Step4. Here the overhangig surface looks like trimmed but no description is leading to this.

    Thank you for the helping hands!