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.
When you move the mouse over a button, geometry in the graphics window highlights. This geometry is selected when you click the button.
• Boss—Selects surfaces that form a boss.
• Bosses—Selects surfaces that form a boss along with smaller surfaces that intersect them.
• Cut—Selects surfaces that form a cut.
• Cuts—Selects surfaces that form a cut along with smaller surfaces that intersect them.
• Round/Chamfer—Selects a round or chamfer surface.
• Rounds/Chamfers—Selects connected round or chamfer surfaces of the same size, type, and convexity.
• Geometry Rules—Opens the Geometry Rules dialog box.
Transform Group
Use the Transform commands to modify geometry.
• —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.
• Modify Analytic—Opens the Modify Analytic Surface tab.
• Mirror—Opens the Mirror Geometry tab.
• Flexible Pattern—Opens the Pattern tab.
• Substitute—Opens the Substitute tab.
• Edit Round—Opens the Edit Round tab.
• 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.
• Pattern Recognition—Opens the Pattern Recognition tab.
• Symmetry—Opens the Symmetry Recognition tab.
• Rounds/Chamfers—Click an option to recognize and tag round and chamfer geometry:
◦ Recognize Chamfers—Opens the Recognize Chamfers tab.
◦ Not Chamfers—Opens the Not Chamfers tab.
◦ Recognize Rounds—Opens the Recognize Rounds tab.
◦ Not Rounds—Opens the Not Rounds tab.
Edit Features Group
• Attach—Opens the Attach tab.
• Remove—Opens the Remove Surface tab.
Shortcut Menus
Select a surface and right-click a surface to display the following commands.
• Geometry Rule Surfaces—Opens the Geometry Rules dialog box.
• Shape Surfaces—Opens the Shape Surface Sets dialog box.
• Tangent Surfaces—Selects tangent surfaces.
• Solid Surfaces—Selects all surfaces of the solid.
• Edit—Displays the feature dimensions for editing.
• Edit Round—Opens the Edit Round tab.
• Edit Chamfer—Opens the Edit Chamfer tab.
• Copy—Copies the surface to the clipboard.
• Paste—Pastes the copied surface.
• Modify Analytic—Opens the Modify Analytic Surface tab.
When you move the mouse over a button, geometry in the graphics window highlights. This geometry is selected when you click the button.
Boss—Selects surfaces that form a boss.
Bosses—Selects surfaces that form a boss along with smaller surfaces that intersect them.
Cut—Selects surfaces that form a cut.
Cuts—Selects surfaces that form a cut along with smaller surfaces that intersect them.
Round/Chamfer—Selects a round or chamfer surface.
Rounds/Chamfers—Selects connected round or chamfer surfaces of the same size, type, and convexity.
Geometry Rules—Opens the Geometry Rules dialog box.
—Opens the Move tab. Click Move to display additional commands.
Move by Dimension
Move using Constraints
Offset—Opens the Offset Geometry tab.
Modify Analytic—Opens the Modify Analytic Surface tab.
Mirror—Opens the Mirror Geometry tab.
Flexible Pattern—Opens the Pattern tab.
Substitute—Opens the Substitute tab.
Edit Round—Opens the Edit Round tab.
Edit Chamfer—Opens the Edit Chamfer tab.
Pattern Recognition—Opens the Pattern Recognition tab.
Symmetry—Opens the Symmetry Recognition tab.
Rounds/Chamfers—Click an option to recognize and tag round and chamfer geometry:
Recognize Chamfers—Opens the Recognize Chamfers tab.
Not Chamfers—Opens the Not Chamfers tab.
Recognize Rounds—Opens the Recognize Rounds tab.
Not Rounds—Opens the Not Rounds tab.
Attach—Opens the Attach tab.
Remove—Opens the Remove Surface tab.
Geometry Rule Surfaces—Opens the Geometry Rules dialog box.
Shape Surfaces—Opens the Shape Surface Sets dialog box.
Tangent Surfaces—Selects tangent surfaces.
Solid Surfaces—Selects all surfaces of the solid.
Edit—Displays the feature dimensions for editing.
Copy—Copies the surface to the clipboard.
Paste—Pastes the copied surface.