Meshing design process
The Segment Mesh tool recognizes additional face types and has an
improved user interface. Additional Face Types Recognized Whenyou
segment meshes, the software can recognize faces that are conical or
spherical, in addition to planes and cylinders. You can convert these
recognized faces to standard BREP faces with the same geometric condition.
Improved User Interface In the Segment Mesh PropertyManager, under
Segmenting, the Facet Shape tool is available. This tool creates segments by
grouping adjacent facets based on the shape difference, which typically
indicates a boundary between two regions in the model used to create the
mesh file. Under Options, select Show Preview to preview the edges for
segmented faces, shown as yellow. Under Perimeter, drag to adjust the value
to refine the segmentation of faces. 48 Parts and Features Whenyou run the
SegmentImportedMeshBodytool, improved graphical information helps you
understand which faces have been recognized. If you have not previously
segmented the model, the display of mesh BREP bodies and hybrid mesh
bodies does not change. • Standard BREP and graphics bodies are optionally
hidden. • Selected faces are highlighted using the Selected Item 1 color
specified in Tools > Options > System Options > Colors > Color scheme
settings. After the first round of segmenting the model, the following display
changes apply: • Alegend appears to explain the colors used for recognized
and unrecognized faces. • Thesoftware uses the Recognized mesh face and
Unrecognized mesh face colors specified in Tools > Options > System
Options > Colors > Color schemesettings. Move/Copy Body Features The
Move/CopyBodyfeatureoffers enhanced support for equations and
configurations. In the Move/Copy Body PropertyManager, you can use
equations to specify values for the Distance dimension under Translate and
for the Angle dimension under Rotate. In the PropertyManager, enter = and
the equation. For example, enter =20+50. To access this equation in the
Equations, Global Variables, and Dimensions dialog box, in the
FeatureManager design tree, right-click Equations and select Manage
Equations. 49 Parts and Features The Distance andAngle dimension icons are
replaced with the icons and . To flip the dimensions along the entity you
selected, under Translate, click Distance orunder Rotate, click Angle . You can
use configurations to specify the values for all dimensions, including these
equation-driven values. This Configuration , All Configurations , and Specify
Configurations . Variable Size Fillets For variable size fillets, you can create
continuously blended fillets with the Continuous edge blend option. To access
this option, in the Fillet PropertyManager, for Fillet Type, select Variable Size
Fillet and under Fillet Options, select Continuous edge blend. This option uses
an improved algorithm to create continuously blended edges that are
extremely smooth. 50 Parts and Features Curve Through XYZ Points
Enhancements The Insert > Curve >CurveThroughXYZPointsfunctionality
uses a PropertyManager in which you can select a different coordinate
system. The points of the curve transform into the space of the coordinate
system. In earlier releases, this functionality used a dialog box and could
only use the origin of the part for the curve. In the PropertyManager, you
can: • Manually enter the XYZ coordinate data. • Click Browse to select
a .sldcrv or .txt file. • Click Reload to update the curve based on any
modifications made to the .sldcrv or .txt file used to create it. When you open
files created before SOLIDWORKS 2025 and edit curves created by XYZ
points, in the PropertyManager, under Reference Coordinate System, the
software uses the origin for Coordinate System (Origin)