Deleting Unwanted Surfaces Using The Summary Table

You can use the Edit Connected Surfaces tool to identify and delete unwanted surfaces.

To delete unwanted surface using the summary table, you first generate the connected surface diagnostics. You can then mark surfaces for deletion in the summary table using the following methods:

  • Tick the appropriate checkbox in the left column
  • Click and highlight the required table row (using <Shift> and <Ctrl> for multiple selections), and click Highlighted, next to Toggle, at the top of the table

You can also use the All button, next to Toggle, to toggle the current state of all surfaces. That is, any marked surfaces become unmarked, and any unmarked surfaces become marked. To mark all surfaces for deletion, you can tick the checkbox in the left-most column header, marking and unmarking all surfaces at once.

Marking a surface for deletion colors the surface red in the Graphics window. The tool also summarizes marked surfaces at the bottom of the group box.

  1. Once you have marked all the desired surfaces, click Delete Marked to delete the surfaces.
    If you accidentally delete a surface, you can use undo.
    The following example shows two marked table entries, coloring the appropriate surfaces red.

    The marked surfaces appear as follows in the Graphics window.

  2. Clicking Delete Marked deletes the surfaces from the part.