Repair Hard Edges

Edges which do not take part in defining the boundary of a face are called hard edges. Hard edges are undesirable as it would create unnecessary fine mesh near them.

You can use this repair feature on Solid and Surface bodies only. This will remove hard edges from the model. A typical detection of hard edges is shown below.

By default, the joint edges will not be processed as hard edges. However, it can be processed using the property, Process Edge Joints in the Details View.

Fault Finding Criteria

DesignModeler finds all hard edges present in the model.

Methods Available

Only edge delete method is available for this feature.

  • Edge Delete: The hard edge will be deleted using the Edge Delete method. While viewing the results, the face from which the hard edge is deleted is zoomed and shown.

Example 87: Using Repair Hard Edges

Results are shown in the figure below after Generate.


Other Repair types: