Feature Edges

  • One can export the extracted interior, boundary, non-manifold, and/or sharp edges of the original geometry.

  • This section is used to specify the parts and streams that needs to be exported/filtered to the Cax file under FEATURE_EDGE geometry.

  • This is an optional section. By default, The Feature edges are not not exported.

  • Each data line should contain the name of part that needs to be translated or filtered.

  • Users can use * as a wildcard character.

  • The FEATURE_ANGLE specifies the feature angle for extracting feature edges. By default, the angle value is 30.

  • Usage Example:

    * PARTS_FEATURE_EDGE, FEATURE_ANGLE=20
- *MIXER*

Data Attributes

  • TRANSLATE: Translates the part to Cax output. This is the default behavior.

  • FILTER: Filters the part from Cax output.

  • FEATURE_ANGLE=20: The feature angle for extracting feature edges. By default, the angle value is 30.

Examples

Export all parts with Feature edges

* PARTS_FEATURE_EDGE
- *

  • Exports the data pertaining to all the parts to output files.

Export Specific parts

* PARTS_FEATURE_EDGE, FEATURE_ANGLE=15
- *MIXER*

  • Export parts with MIXER keyword to the output files with feature angle 15.

  • Other parts will be ignored.

Filter Specific parts

* PARTS_FEATURE_EDGE
- FORWARD*, FILTER

  • Exports all parts except those starting with FORWARD to the output files.

Ignore DECIMATED_GEOMETRY

* PARTS_FEATURE_EDGE
- *, FILTER

  • No Feature edges geometry is written into the output files.

  • This is default. If the parts feature edges section is not defined, data pertaining to all the parts are not exported to the output files.