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Fill options
Menu: Manipulate holes Icon: No short cut
Defines the settings for the selection and filling of holes
Using this function it is possible to fill holes within faulty models. Multiple fill methods and fill
parameters can be defined.
TIP: The course of a hole contour influences the behaviour of the different fill methods. By
deleting or inserting triangles on the border of a complex hole, it may be simplified that an
automatic filling becomes possible.
Dialog Fill options
Fill method
Only planar holes: If this option is selected, only those holes are filled that generate a planar
surface after filling. All border curve points are located on the same plane.
Simple Triangulation: This method ignores a possible hole curvature. In certain situations this
may lead into better results than using the advanced triangulation. Depending on the hole
geometry the result may be faulty and useless. For planar holes the method "Only planar holes"
should be used.
Advanced Triangulation: This method splits a hole into planar regions that are filled using the
principle from planar holes. To split a non planar hole there may be multiple possibilities which
may lead into different results. The result of the advanced triangulation may be a concave or a
convex surface. If this method does not lead into the desired result, a "Simple Triangulation"
may be of better use.
Fill parameters
Plane tolerance: If the advanced triangulation is used, you can set which tolerance values should
be used for holes to be considered as planar and be filled.
Minimum surface: Here we define the size of the minimum area that a hole must have before it
is filled. This way it is avoided that to many small triangles are created.
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