Flip a Face's Direction

  1. On the tab, in the Faces group, click Flip direction.
  2. Select faces, and select Confirm.
  3. Select Add, Change or Delete the surface.

    For example, if you want to add the surface, select in the dialog box Add, and select the surface from the model.

  4. If you select only a single surface and you want to change the direction of all other surfaces of the part to match the direction of the selected surface, select the All surfaces in respect to selected checkbox.
  5. Click OK.

In Context-sensitive Menu

You can reverse the direction of the selected surface opposite, or just turn over the face. If you select more than one surface, the direction of each surface will be reversed.

You can use the function also to change the direction of all other surfaces to match the direction of a single, selected surface.

  1. Select one or more surfaces.
  2. Select the context-sensitive function Faces> Flip direction.
  3. Define the data in the dialog box.
    • View, change or delete surfaces selected for flipping with the buttons. Select the surface from the list and click a button.
    • Click the Add button to add a surface by clicking it in the model.
    • If you select only a single surface and you want to change the direction of all other surfaces of the part to match the direction of the selected surface, select the All surfaces in respect to selected checkbox.
  4. Click OK.
Note:
  • If the direction of all the other surfaces of the part is already the same as that of the selected surface, and the All surfaces in respect to selected checkbox is selected in the dialog box, the direction of the surface in not changed and feature will note be created in the feature tree.
  • Parts imported into Vertex may have surfaces with different directions. You can flip the surfaces into the same direction with the Flip direction function.