You can use the Decimate Mesh
Body tool
to reduce the facet count in graphics mesh bodies. A
lower facet count makes it easier to modify a graphics mesh body.
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| Original Graphics Mesh Body |
Decimated Graphics Mesh Body |
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This tool does not support mesh BREP bodies.
You can reduce the facet count for an entire body or a group of facets in
a body. To decimate a group of facets, you can use the Paint Select
Facets tool 
to select a wide or
narrow area of facets in the body. You can also use the Tangent Select
Facets tool 
to select facets that are
tangent from a seed facet.
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| Paint
Select Facets tool |
Tangent
Select Facets tool |
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The Decimate Mesh
Body
tool calculates facet reduction by a
percentage of the total facet count, or by reducing the total number of facets to a
specified number. You can further reduce facet count by defining a maximal deviation
tolerance between the original and the resulting mesh.
You can enter different values to reduce facet count, assess the result,
and restore the body or group of facets to their previous state.