Defeature
The Defeature tool removes feature shapes and regenerates poly-faces on a mesh. Defeature removes selected areas first and applies the Fill Holes operation to the removed areas.
Benefits
The Defeature tool is useful for:
- Removing feature shapes from a target mesh
- Removing unnecessary feature shapes and filling in poly-faces in empty areas to smoothly connect with adjacent feature shapes
How to Use
How to delete feature shapes and recreate poly-faces on a mesh
- In the MEASURED tab, in the Repair Hole/Boss group, click Defeature or go to MENU > Tools > Measured Tools > Defeature.
- Select the Fill method. Select poly-faces to remove feature shapes.
- Click OK to complete the command.
Options in Detail
Target Feature Shape
Fill – Removes feature shapes and fills poly-faces in the removed areas.
Bridge – Removes feature shapes on cylindrical areas and fills poly-faces in the removed areas by connecting with bridges.
Methods
Flat – Fills removed areas using flat poly-faces.
Curvature – Fills removed areas using the curvature flow around a boundary.
More Options
Smooth Boundary Of Defeatured Area – Applies smoothing to boundaries. This option is useful for reducing the effect of roughness around boundaries that have been manually selected and removed, and easily fills in poly-faces in boundaries.