About the Creo Flexible Modeling User Interface
The Flexible Modeling tab consists of a tab with groups of commands and a gallery, and graphics window shortcut menus. In an open part, click Flexible Modeling to open the tab.
Shape Surface Selection Group
Use the Shape Surface Selection gallery to select surfaces and the button to set rules for selecting geometry.
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 When you move the mouse over a button, geometry in the graphics window highlights. This geometry is selected when you click the button. |
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Boss—Selects surfaces that form a boss.
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Bosses—Selects surfaces that form a boss along with smaller surfaces that intersect them.
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Cut—Selects surfaces that form a cut.
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Cuts—Selects surfaces that form a cut along with smaller surfaces that intersect them.
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Round/Chamfer—Selects a round or chamfer surface.
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Rounds/Chamfers—Selects connected round or chamfer surfaces of the same size, type, and convexity.
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Geometry Rules—Opens the
Geometry Rules dialog box.
Transform Group
Use the Transform commands to modify geometry.
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—Opens the
Move tab. Click
Move to display additional commands.
◦ Move using Dragger ◦ 
Move by Dimension ◦ 
Move using Constraints • 
Offset—Opens the
Offset Geometry tab.
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Modify Analytic—Opens the
Modify Analytic Surface tab.
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Mirror—Opens the
Mirror Geometry tab.
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Flexible Pattern—Opens the
Pattern tab.
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Substitute—Opens the
Substitute tab.
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Edit Round—Opens the
Edit Round tab.
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Edit Chamfer—Opens the
Edit Chamfer tab.
Recognition Group
Use the Recognition group to recognize patterns and symmetric geometry. You can propagate recognized patterns and symmetry to other Creo Flexible Modeling features.
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Pattern Recognition—Opens the
Pattern Recognition tab.
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Symmetry—Opens the
Symmetry Recognition tab.
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Rounds/Chamfers—Click an option to recognize and tag round and chamfer geometry:
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Recognize Chamfers—Opens the
Recognize Chamfers tab.
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Not Chamfers—Opens the
Not Chamfers tab.
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Recognize Rounds—Opens the
Recognize Rounds tab.
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Not Rounds—Opens the
Not Rounds tab.
Edit Features Group
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Attach—Opens the
Attach tab.
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Remove—Opens the
Remove Surface tab.
Shortcut Menus
Select a surface and right-click a surface to display the following commands.
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Geometry Rule Surfaces—Opens the
Geometry Rules dialog box.
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Shape Surfaces—Opens the
Shape Surface Sets dialog box.
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Tangent Surfaces—Selects tangent surfaces.
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Solid Surfaces—Selects all surfaces of the solid.
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Edit—Displays the feature dimensions for editing.
• Edit Round—Opens the
Edit Round tab.
• Edit Chamfer—Opens the
Edit Chamfer tab.
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Copy—Copies the surface to the clipboard.
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Paste—Pastes the copied surface.
• Modify Analytic—Opens the
Modify Analytic Surface tab.
• Move using Dragger—Opens the
Move tab.
• Offset—Opens the
Offset Geometry tab.