Overhangs Tool Guides and Options

Overhangs Tool Guides

The following tool guides help step you through the process. Use the Tab key to cycle through them. As soon as the tool guide switches, the cursor may change to reflect the active guide.

Select Body Select the body to locate overhangs.
Convert to selection Add overhanging facets or geometry found by the Overhangs tool to the selection.
Select direction Select the direction to look for overhangs.
Minimize overhang area When the Overhangs tool finds overhanging facets or geometry, create a copy of the faceted body, and orient it to a position that minimizes the overhang area.

Overhangs Tool Options

The following tool guides help step you through the process. Use the Tab key to cycle through them. As soon as the tool guide switches, the cursor may change to reflect the active guide.

Overhang angle Enter a value in degrees. Faces that overhang by More Than the specified angle will be detected and highlighted.
Ignore small areas Enter a value. Overhangs with areas Smaller Than the specified value will be ignored.