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To Modify Non Rule-based Surface Sets
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This topic discusses surface set modification while working inside of a tool and using the Surface Sets dialog box. If you want to modify a surface set while working outside of a tool, you can use the CTRL key to include individual surfaces in the set. You can also clear the entire surface set from the selection set. Refer to About Selection under See Also for more information about clearing a selection.
1. If you are working in a tool that uses the Menu Manager and not the dashboard, construct the surface set and open a tool. Place your pointer over a surface set label in the graphics window, right-click, and select Surface Sets from the shortcut menu. The Surface Sets dialog box opens. Skip to step 5.
2. If you are working in a dashboard tool, construct a surface set and open a tool in which to work with the surface set, or select a feature that contains an existing surface set that you want to modify, right-click, and select Edit Definition from the shortcut menu.
3. Locate the Detail collector that contains the surface set that you want to modify. Detail collectors are located on the slide-up panel. Note that you cannot use the Summary collector (located on the dialog bar) to modify a surface set.
4. Click Details. Creo Parametric pauses the tool and opens the Surface Sets dialog box. This dialog box contains a list of surface sets that were constructed using the active part, and their attributes. Notice that the surface set list contains set type and the number of surfaces contained in each set.
5. Do one of the following from the Surface Sets list:
Click Individual Surfaces to modify the Individual surface set. The Included Surfaces collector appears.
Click Intent Surfaces to modify an Intent surface set. The Anchor collector appears.
Click Excluded Surfaces to modify the Excluded surface set. The Excluded Surfaces collector appears.
6. After you select a surface set from the list, the following options appear based on the surface set that you selected:
Included Surfaces collector—Contains one or more surface references that you selected. Individual surfaces references consists of a solid surface or quilt that belongs to the same solid part geometry or quilt. To modify a reference, click the reference to activate the collector and then either select a different surface from the model, press CTRL and select additional references, or remove a reference. Notice that you can also use the Included Surfaces shortcut menu command from inside the graphics window to activate the Included Surfaces collector.
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Surfaces removed from the Individual surface set are not added to the Excluded surface set. These surfaces are removed only from their respective surface set.
Anchor collector—Contains the anchor reference for the selected surface set. The anchor reference consists of a solid surface or quilt that belongs to the same solid part geometry or quilt. To modify the anchor reference, click the reference to activate the collector and select a different anchor from the model. Notice that you can also use the Anchor shortcut menu command from inside the graphics window to activate this collector.
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You can only replace the anchor reference, you cannot remove it.
Excluded Surfaces collector—Contains one or more excluded surfaces that you selected. To modify a reference, click the reference to activate the collector and then either select a different reference from the model, press CTRL and select additional references, or remove a reference. Notice that you can also use the Excluded Surfaces shortcut menu command from inside the graphics window to activate the Excluded Surfaces collector.
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Surfaces removed from the Excluded Surfaces collector return to their respective surface set.
Surfaces removed from the Individual surface set are not add to the Excluded surface set. These surfaces are removed only from their respective surface set.
7. Click OK. Creo Parametric saves the changes, closes the Surface Sets dialog box, and resumes the tool
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You can always construct a new rule-based surface set by clicking Add and selecting the surface references from the model.
To remove a surface set from the Surface Set list, select the surface set and click Remove. Note that Individual Surfaces and Excluded Surfaces cannot be removed.
You can also remove a surface set from the graphics window by placing your pointer over the surface set label, right-click, and use Remove Set from the shortcut menu.
To clear references in the active collector click Remove or Remove All on the shortcut menu that appears when you right-click in the collector. Alternatively, click Clear on the shortcut menu that appears when you right-click in the graphics window.
Remember that you can press CTRL and select a reference to either add an additional reference or to clear a selected reference.
To easily locate a reference in the Surface Sets dialog box, place your cursor over the reference in a collector. Creo Parametric dynamically highlights the reference on the model.
Notice that as you modify a surface set in the Surface Sets dialog box, Creo Parametric dynamically displays the changes in the graphics window.
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