About the Attach User Interface
The
Attach tab consists of commands, tabs, and shortcut menus. Click
Flexible Modeling >
Attach to open the
Attach tab.
Shortcut Menus
Right-click the graphics window to access shortcut menu commands.
• Quilt to trim/extend—Activates the Quilt to trim/extend collector to select an open quilt.
• Quilt to merge to—Activates the Quilt to merge to collector to select a quilt or solid geometry to first trim by or extend up to and then attach to.
• Bounding edges—Activates the Bounding edges collector.
• Trim/Extend and do not attach—Trims or extends the open quilt, but prevents the open quilt from attaching to solid geometry or a quilt.
• Maintain solution topology—Forces the model to reconstruct the same solution type when the model changes, and fails the feature if the same solution type cannot be reconstructed.
Commands
• Quilt to attach collector—Shows the open quilt to first trim or extend and then attach to a quilt or solid geometry.
• Attachment options
◦ 
—Adds material by filling the volume defined by the quilt with solid material when you attach the quilt to geometry.
◦ 
—Removes material from the inside or the outside of the open quilt when you attach the quilt to solid geometry.
◦ —Attaches the quilt to the model geometry the same way that it was attached previously by using the attachment information stored in the intent objects. Adds material by filling the volume defined by the quilt, removes material, and optionally recreates rounds and chamfers the same as previously. Available when the quilt contains intent objects that store attachment information.
• 
—Changes the side of the open quilt from which to remove material or to which to add material.
Tabs
• References
◦ Quilt to trim/extend collector—Shows an open quilt to first trim or extend and then attach to a solid or quilt.
◦ Quilt to merge to collector—Shows a quilt or solid geometry to first trim by or extend up to and then attach to.
• Options
◦ Trim/Extend and do not attach check box—Trims or extends the open quilt, but prevents the open quilt from attaching to solid geometry or a quilt. Available when the attachment option is
or
.
◦ Create rounds/chamfers—Recreates rounds and chamfers that attach the open quilt to the model geometry that are the same as the corresponding rounds and chamfers in the source geometry. Available when the attachment option is
and the quilt contains stored attachment information.
◦ Bounding edges collector—Shows edges that act as boundaries for geometry. Available when the attachment option is
or
.
▪ Details—Opens the Chain dialog box.
◦ Find next possible solution
▪ Previous—Finds the previous solution when there are multiple solutions.
▪ Next—Highlights the next solution when there are multiple solutions.
◦ Maintain solution topology check box—Fails regeneration when the model changes and the same solution type cannot be reconstructed.
• Properties—Shows the name of the feature. Click
to display information in the browser.