Skin Panel

Use the Skin panel to create a skin surface and/or mesh from a set of lines.

Location: 2D page

Note: The Skin panel is for lines that are stacked next to each other. If lines form a closed loop, use the Spline panel.


Figure 1.

Panel Options

Option Action
line list Select the lines that you wish to create a skin surface between. The lines do not need to be contiguous, but should not be collinear.
mesh options switch
mesh, keep surf
Create a surface from the selected entities and then generate a mesh on the created surface. The created surface is retained along with the mesh.
mesh, dele surf
Create a surface from the selected entities and then generate a mesh on the created surface. The created surface is then deleted and only the corresponding mesh is retained.
mesh w/o surf
Create a mesh between the selected entities using linear interpolation without creating a surface.
surface only
Create a surface from selected entities, but does not create a mesh. You can use the resulting surface to perform any desired geometry cleanup functions or automeshing.
auto reverse / no reverse
When elements are generated, the edges used to create this mesh can be ordered in different directions, causing Engineering Solutions to create a mesh that crosses itself, resembling a bow tie. The order of the edges is determined by the order in which the nodes were selected or the direction of the selected line(s).
auto reverse
Prevent "bow ties" from occurring, and to insure that elements are generated with a similar order on each side of the mesh.
no reverse
Disable this feature.

Command Buttons

Button Action
create A surface and/or mesh is created that interpolates a set of lines in the order they are selected. At least two lines must be selected. Select auto reverse to insure the same direction for all lines.

The lines used to create the skin surface and/or mesh are automatically smoothed before it is created. As a result, the surface and/or mesh created has a single face.
reject Undo the most recent skin creation.
return Exit the panel.