Tweak Faces of One Part to Another

Advanced Face Modeling Package

General

  • The function is suitable for tweaking profiles or profile-like parts (extruded or swept shape) to other parts, i.e. the desired faces are trimmed to other faces so that the adjacent faces continue "naturally".
  • The selected face chain must be continuous.
  • The faces to be tweaked must connect with the selected chain of faces if the volume to be trimmed is intended to extend to the chain in question.
  • If possible, holes will be automatically removed from the target faces (works for holes that are completely inside individual faces).
  • The "face chain" formed by the target faces is extended at their edges as far as possible so that the faces to be tweaked fit better.
  • The tweaking works most reliably when the target faces do not initially intersect with the object to be trimmed.

Starting point

  • Both parts to be tweaked are in the same assembly.
  • The assembly is on the Vertex desktop.

Tweak the faces of the parts

  1. Select the part that will be tweaked to the other part.
  2. Select Edit.
  3. Select the ribbon bar function Part | Faces | Tweak Faces or
    • Import | Faces | Tweak Faces.
    • The dialog box Tweak Faces opens.
    • Tweak Faces Data
  4. First, select the target faces.
    • Click Add at Target faces.
    • Select all adjacent target faces.
    • Confirm the selection of target faces. (Confirm = V key, middle mouse button or the context-sensitive function OK.)
  5. Select the faces to be tweaked
    • Click Add at Tweak faces.
    • Select all adjacent faces to be tweaked, eg. the end face of a profile.
    • Confirm the selection of faces to be tweaked. (Confirm = V key, middle mouse button or the context-sensitive function OK.)
  6. Select OK.

Tweak selected faces

  1. Select one or more faces in the part that you want to tweak to the face of the other part that appears in the assembly.
  2. Select the context-sensitive function Faces> Tweak faces.
  3. Select the target faces.
    • Click Add at Tweak faces.
    • Select all adjacent faces to be tweaked, eg. the end face of a profile.
    • Confirm the selection of faces to be tweaked. (Confirm = V key, middle mouse button or the context-sensitive function OK.)

Example

Two profile-like parts are tweaked together.

Processing the first profile:

  • The blue vertical profile is selected for editing.
  • The end face of the profile has been selected for tweaking.
  • The context-sensitive function Faces > Tweak Faces is selected.

 

  • The upper surfaces of the gray horizontal profile is selected, including the vertical faces, in order to make the selected set of target faces continuous.

  • The tweak is confirmed by clicking OK.
  • The blue profile in the image above is tweaked to the gray profile.

Processing the second profile:

  • The gray horizontal profile is selected for editing.
  • The end face of the horizontal profile has been selected for tweaking.
  • The context-sensitive function Faces > Tweak Faces is selected.

  • Side faces of the vertical profile are selected, including those faces that "appear as a line" from the direction of the horizontal profile to create a continuous set from the selected target faces.

  • The tweak is confirmed by clicking OK.
  • Now the horizontal profile is also tweaked to the vertical profile.
Note:
  • The tweaking works most reliably when the target faces do not initially intersect with the object to be trimmed.
  • The faces to be tweaked must connect with the selected chain of faces if the chain to be trimmed is intended to extend to the chain in question.