Objects Tab
All results relating to model analysis of specific objects are presented under the Objects tab. The Objects tab for the Model Analysis dialog lets you view the following information:
- The results table contains the following information:
- Name – column listing the objects in the current design.
- Last Analysis status – column giving the analysis status of the listed objects. Objects can have the following status:
- Good – the object contains no invalid geometry entities given the tolerance values specified in the Analysis Options dialog.
- Null Body – the object is non-existent.
- Analysis not performed – the object was not selected for analysis.
- Invalid entity errors – these are api_check_entity() errors and non-manifold errors which must be fixed prior to meshing.
- Small entity errors – small faces, sliver faces and small edges that are optionally detected based on the tolerance limits specified in the Analysis Options dialog.
- Select any object name in the table which contains errors to display a set of radio buttons in the panel and a list of corresponding faces, edges and vertices.
- Select the face, edge or vertex entity from the list to view the error description in the Description field.
- Select the Delete button if you want to remove a selected face or edge entity.
- Select the Perform button to list the commands that you can execute on the selected objects in the Results table.
Note: Auto Zoom to
Selection – if this option is checked, the modeler automatically
zooms to the item selected in the Model Analysis dialog box
- Heal Objects - repairs invalid geometry entities for the selected objects within the specified tolerance settings. The Healing Analysis dialog will appear.
- Analyze Objects – evaluates the object status. Selecting this displays the Analysis Options dialog.
- Analyze Surface Mesh – invokes a mesh for each selected object and reports analysis results under the Surface Mesh (Single/Pairs) tab. Selecting this option displays a dialog with radio buttons to select.
- Perform Object Pairs Analysis - evaluates mesh for all combinations of the selected objects.
- Ignore objects separated by greater than a specified value - object pairs are disregarded from analysis if their separation is greater than the specified value.
- Click OK to perform the analysis with the selected options.
- Analyze Interobject Misalignment – determines any misalignments between two selected objects in the results table. The results are reported under the Objects Misalignment tab.
- Display Healing Log – checking this causes the Model Analysis dialog to display a healing log which includes information about operations performed on an object during the healing process.