Show Surface Free Edges

The Show Free Edges command creates new curves at surface edges that have only one face attached. The new curves are highlighted in red. Use Undo to remove the curves.



Example 1

1. Select the Show Free Edges command




2. Edges are recreated as curves highlighted in red. A dialog box indicates how many free edges were found.







Example 2: Using Free Edges to Convert to Solid

1. Hide the surface from the previous command, leaving just the free edges.



2. Select the Cover tool from the surface palette and select all the curves to create a planar surface.



3. Select the Stitch tool to combine the surfaces into a water tight volume suitable for mass property calculations or shelling modeling operations.