Semi-manual Creation: Direct Mesh Referencing

Direct mesh referencing is useful for very complex surfaces, such as consumer products.

Use the Surface Wizard's Automatic creation to automatically create surfaces from a mesh. The Surface Wizard's Guided creation requires more user interaction and works well for models for mostly analytical shapes (simple shapes, such as machined parts), but not for complex parts.

Mesh		Sketches		Surfaces		Solid

1. Open the scan data (mesh or point cloud file).
2. Prepare the mesh using the Mesh Prep Wizard to create a mesh feature.
3. Section the mesh using the Section View tool (View toolbar).
4. Sketch 2D and 3D curves on the mesh feature.
5. Build surfaces using the curves. Use the Curve Wizard to create section and boundary curves. You can also import and edit IGES, IBL, CSV, and TXT files containing point data that defines discrete curve sets.
6. Analyze and refine the surfaces using the Deviation Analysis tool.
7. Trim and knit the surfaces.
8. Create the solid model.