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No headersDesign changes may require you to replace a part face with a sculptured surface or work planes. Use the Replace Face command to select the face to replace and the new face. A Replace Face feature is created and can be edited with sketch and feature commands.
What are tips for replacing part faces?
- The part must completely intersect the new face. If the new face is larger than the part, it is trimmed to match, but the part face does not expand or contract to match the surface dimensions.
- If importing or combining surfaces, use the Stitch command to stitch surfaces into a quilt.
- Faces that are perpendicular to the new face cannot be replaced because they will not intersect the new face.
- The replaced face cannot be copied, pasted, used in a pattern or iFeature by itself. It can be included in these operations when its parent feature is also selected.
Can I use a work plane as a replacement face?
You can create and select one or more work planes to generate a planar replacement face. Work planes behave just like selected surfaces, with the exception of extents. Work plane extents are infinite regardless of the graphical display.
When editing a replaced face feature, changing from a single work plane selection to an alternate single work plane selection preserves dependent features. Dependent features are not preserved when changing between single and multiple selections, or alternate multiple selections.
You can replace one or more part faces with a surface, a quilt, or single or multiple work planes. The part extends or is trimmed to intersect the new face. The new face is trimmed to match the part.
- Create the part whose face is to be replaced.
- Create or import a surface or one or more work planes to use as the new face.
- On the ribbon, click
. - Click Existing Faces, and then click one or more part faces to replace.
If desired, select Automatic Face Chain to automatically select all adjacent tangent contiguous faces.
- Click New Faces, click a surface, quilt, or one or more work planes, and then click OK.
To edit the new face, right-click the Replace Face feature in the browser, and then select Edit Sketch or Edit Feature. As long as the part completely intersects the new face, the feature updates with the changed values.
When editing a replaced face feature, changing from a single work plane selection to an alternate single work plane selection preserves dependent features. Dependent features are not preserved when changing between single and multiple selections or alternate multiple selections.
Show Me how to replace a faceReplaces one or more part faces with a different face. The part must completely intersect the new face.
