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To create surfaces from an FE mesh

To create surfaces from an FE mesh

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To create surfaces from an FE mesh

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1.Select the Surfaces panel, from FE subpanel.
2.Click the elems collector and select the shell elements that define the area to create a surface.
3.Click the toggle to choose between the auto detect features and feature edges options.

If set to feature edges, click on the feature edges collector and select the plot edges that define the edges of the surfaces to create.  Additionally, the features button can be used to access the features panel to create feature lines.

If set to feature edges, optionally, check on or off the auto sharp features checkbox.

4.Click the toggle to choose between the mesh-based auto tol and tolerance options.

If set to tolerance, enter the proper tolerance value.

5.Set the surface complexity slider to the desired value.
6.Optionally, check on or off the split by components checkbox.
7.Optionally, check on or off the associate nodes checkbox.
8.Click create.
9.To undo, immediately click reject.