Forcing Sharing Between Bodies

  1. Click the Force Share tool.
    The tool automatically finds faces and edges within the tolerance limit and highlights them in the design area, as shown in the image above.
  2. Select the faces and edges you want to be shared:

    • Use the Select Problem tool guide to select highlighted faces and edges. The cursor will change to a hand when you move the mouse over a sharing candidate. This tool guide is active by default. When a sharing candidate is selected, sharing is applied immediately.

    • Use the Select Geometry tool guide to select sharing candidates that were not automatically detected.

  3. (Optional) Use the Navigation tools to view each sharing candidate one at a time before you force sharing.

    • Click Next or Previous to step through and highlight each identified sharing candidate.

    • Select Zoom to Fit if you want to automatically zoom in on the sharing candidate in the design area when you click Next or Previous.

  4. Click the Complete tool guide to force sharing on the selected candidate(s).
    • Problems that are highlighted when using the Navigation tools are fixed using the Complete tool guide.
    • You may box select several identified candidates to be fixed in one operation.
    • Click the Select Problem tool guide. No individual sharing candidate is highlighted. Then the Complete tool guide will attempt to force sharing on all identified candidates.