Delete Surfaces

 

Duplicate Surface Faces

Occasionally, you may encounter one or more surfaces that have overlapping surface faces. This may be a problem in the source model, a result of how the surface was imported, or simply a result of accidentally duplicating surface faces.

Duplicate surface faces can cause confusion in analysis, so it’s best to clean these surfaces up before using them. Fortunately, SA has a command to detect and delete duplicate surface faces.

 

Delete Hidden Surface Faces

This unique command offers an excellent way to clean up a large CAD model in that it allows you to select only what you want to keep graphically. A second axillary view will open to show you what you have currently selected.

Use Shift+Rectangle select to select as much of the CAD file as you want to keep from as many different views as you wish and then press Enter to finish the operation when the displayed model includes the surfaces you wish to keep in the SA job file.