Tessellating

This task shows how to tessellate a surface and convert it into a polygonal mesh.
Open the Tessellate1.CATPart document.

  1. Click Tessellate .

    The Tessellate dialog box opens.

  2. Select the surfaces to be tessellated.
    Multi-selection is available .
    is available to hide or show the element to tessellate.

  3. You can modify the Sag value,
    that is the maximum distance between the geometry and the triangles.

  4. You can also select the Step check box to control the length of triangles.

  5. Click Apply.

    The tessellation feature (identified as Tessellation.xxx) is added to the specification tree.