Part Modeling > Part Modeling > Edit Features > Solidify > To Create a Solidify (Patch) Feature
To Create a Solidify (Patch) Feature
1. Select the quilt or surface geometry to use to create a patch.
The solidify (patch) feature can simultaneously add and remove geometry. This option is only available when the selected quilt satisfies the following conditions:
Open Quilt
All boundaries lie on solid surfaces
Solid geometry does not intersect quilt
Quilt is totally outside solid geometry
Add geometry:
Remove geometry:
Add and remove geometry:
2. Click Model > Solidify. The Solidify tab opens. If the quilt or surface meets the patch feature conditions, the solidify (patch) option is the default.
3. Make sure that Replace surface is selected.
4. To select the body whose surfaces will be replaced by the reference quilt, click the Body Options tab, click the Apply to body collector, and select a body.
5. To change the side of the quilt or surface on which to create the geometry, click the direction arrow on the preview geometry, or click Tool direction on the Solidify tab.
6. Click OK.