To Trim a Quilt
1. Select a surface that belongs to a valid quilt, or a procedure node or a component node that represents a valid quilt.
2. Click > on the Import DataDoctor ribbon tab. The Surface Trim tab opens.
3. Click the References tab, click in the Trimming object collector, and select a surface, datum plane, internal edge chain of the quilt, or a curve chain in the graphics window as the object to be trimmed.
4. To change the quilt to be trimmed, right-click the quilt in the Trimmed quilt collector, click Remove on the shortcut menu, and select a different quilt. Alternatively, click the Trimmed quilt collector and select a different quilt in the graphics window.
5. To change the trimming object, click the Trimming object collector and select a surface, datum plane, internal edge chain, or a curve in the graphics window.
6. To specify the side of the trimmed surface to be retained, click
on the
Surface Trim tab.
| To retain both the sides, click on the Surface Trim tab until a yellow arrow appears in the graphics windows on both the sides of the selected quilt, indicating that both sides will be retained. |
7. Click
on the
Surface Trim tab. IDD trims the selected quilt or curve.