How to Define Pinch Control Automation

The following sections provide the steps for defining pinch control automation. Pinch can be automated based on either shell thickness or a user-defined tolerance.

Note: Use of pinch control automation will delete all existing pinch controls that have a Scope Method of Automatic before creating the new pinch controls.

Defining Pinch Control Automation Based on Shell Thickness

This section describes the steps for defining pinch control automation based on shell thickness. This procedure applies to sheet (surface) models only.

To define pinch control automation based on shell thickness:

In the Details View of the Mesh folder, expand the Advanced group of controls.
Set Use Sheet Thickness for Pinch to Yes.
Notice that the value of the Pinch Tolerance control changes to Based on Sheet Thickness and is grayed out.
Change the value of the Generate Pinch on Refresh control if desired.
Right-click the Mesh folder and select Create Pinch Controls from the context menu.
A pinch control object is automatically inserted into the Tree for each region containing features that meet the criteria established by the pinch control settings. To display details about an individual pinch control, highlight it in the Tree and information about it appears in the Details View. For information about making changes to this information, refer to Changing Pinch Controls Locally.

Defining Pinch Control Automation Based on a Specified Pinch Tolerance

This section describes the steps for defining pinch control automation based on a tolerance that you specify.

To define pinch control automation based on pinch tolerance:

In the Details View of the Mesh folder, expand the Advanced group of controls.
Specify a value for Pinch Tolerance .
Change the value of the Generate Pinch on Refresh control if desired.
Right-click the Mesh folder and select Create Pinch Controls from the context menu.
A pinch control object is automatically inserted into the Tree for each region containing features that meet the criteria established by the pinch control settings. To display details about an individual pinch control, highlight it in the Tree and information about it appears in the Details View. For information about making changes to this information, refer to Changing Pinch Controls Locally.