COVER

Purpose

Cover a planar edge circuit with a planar face.

Syntax

COVER < $N ! %LOOP <$W> </HOLES $L> ! /ALL>

Description

Given a closed circuit of continuous planar edges, specified via the cursor, the command generates a planar face delimited by the edges.

The %LOOP option is to create a sheet body by covering a single closed 2D cline. If the /HOLES option is also added, the list consists of further closed 2D clines which must be enclosed by the first cline. These clines are considered as holes in the covered surface.

If no identifiers are given, the first picked cline is the outer perimeter, subsequent picks are the hole clines

If the /ALL option is used then an automated attempt to cover any holes in the selected body is undertaken. All free edges in the selected body will be identified and then any closed loops of edges determined, which in turn will be covered and stitched to the original body. This will usually work only if all of the edges lie within a plane. The tolerance allowed is very strict (< 0.000001m). If the resulting face is created without a surface, it is deleted and a warning is given.

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