Imprint Faces Panel

Imprint Option	Between Face pairs from Filters	Imprints faces that are stored in a filter. The Search Tool enables you to create a filter to find contacting faces in a 3D-CAD model. You can then use this filter as an input into the Face Imprint tool.
Between Faces of two Bodies	Imprints faces from two separate bodies.
Faces of Target Body	Specifies the faces for the target body. To change the selections, click in this group box and select the desired faces from the 3D-CAD View scene.
Faces of Tool Body	Specifies the faces for the tool body. To change the selections, click in this group box and select the desired faces from the 3D-CAD View scene.
Imprint onto Tool Faces	When activated, the target faces are imprinted onto the tool faces. Deactivate this option when you only wish to split the target faces without creating any imprint on the tool faces. This option is only available when Imprint Option is set to Between Faces of two Bodies.
Imprint Type	Defines the tolerance method to use in the operation.
Precise	Uses the default internal model precision of 1.0E-8 m as the tolerance. This tolerance setting requires that faces of separate bodies be within 1.0E-8 m of each other. This option takes a minimum amount of computational time and works well for all coincident faces and surfaces.
Tolerant Edges	Reduces the model precision by using a higher tolerance value that you provide on all the edges in the model. This option causes any further geometry operations to use the lower precision model.
Tolerant Faces	Finds the coincident faces within the specified tolerance. This option is well-suited for skewed faces without sacrificing the precision on the rest of the model.
Tolerant Edges & Faces	Provides a combination of the Tolerant Edges and the Tolerant Faces options. Use this option only if the other options fail.
Use Auto-Matching	When activated, allows the Parasolid function to automatically identify matched regions (areas of near coincidence) between the target and tool faces. When deactivated, Simcenter STAR-CCM+ identifies the matched regions and passes them to the Parasolid function. Deactivate the option only if the operation continues to fail after you have tried different tolerance configurations.
Tolerance	Specifies the tolerance for the operation when you set Imprint Type to a tolerant option. You are advised to increase the tolerance incrementally from 1.0E-8 m (which is the precise tolerance) to 1.0E-7, 1.0E-6, 1.0E-5 until successful. Only increase the tolerance further if the neighboring feature dimensions are much larger. A very large tolerance value may cause small features to collapse internally and make the model invalid.

Imprint Option

Between Face pairs from Filters

Imprints faces that are stored in a filter. The Search Tool enables you to create a filter to find contacting faces in a 3D-CAD model. You can then use this filter as an input into the Face Imprint tool.

Between Faces of two Bodies

Imprints faces from two separate bodies.

Faces of Target Body

Specifies the faces for the target body. To change the selections, click in this group box and select the desired faces from the 3D-CAD View scene.

Faces of Tool Body

Specifies the faces for the tool body. To change the selections, click in this group box and select the desired faces from the 3D-CAD View scene.

Imprint onto Tool Faces

When activated, the target faces are imprinted onto the tool faces. Deactivate this option when you only wish to split the target faces without creating any imprint on the tool faces. This option is only available when Imprint Option is set to Between Faces of two Bodies.

Imprint Type

Defines the tolerance method to use in the operation.

Precise

Uses the default internal model precision of 1.0E-8 m as the tolerance. This tolerance setting requires that faces of separate bodies be within 1.0E-8 m of each other. This option takes a minimum amount of computational time and works well for all coincident faces and surfaces.

Tolerant Edges

Reduces the model precision by using a higher tolerance value that you provide on all the edges in the model. This option causes any further geometry operations to use the lower precision model.

Tolerant Faces

Finds the coincident faces within the specified tolerance. This option is well-suited for skewed faces without sacrificing the precision on the rest of the model.

Tolerant Edges & Faces

Provides a combination of the Tolerant Edges and the Tolerant Faces options. Use this option only if the other options fail.

Use Auto-Matching

When activated, allows the Parasolid function to automatically identify matched regions (areas of near coincidence) between the target and tool faces. When deactivated, Simcenter STAR-CCM+ identifies the matched regions and passes them to the Parasolid function. Deactivate the option only if the operation continues to fail after you have tried different tolerance configurations.

Tolerance

Specifies the tolerance for the operation when you set Imprint Type to a tolerant option. You are advised to increase the tolerance incrementally from 1.0E-8 m (which is the precise tolerance) to 1.0E-7, 1.0E-6, 1.0E-5 until successful. Only increase the tolerance further if the neighboring feature dimensions are much larger. A very large tolerance value may cause small features to collapse internally and make the model invalid.