To Define Gaps Using the Define Gaps Tool
1. Click
Gaps/Slivers >
Define Gap on the
Structure tab. The
Define Gaps dialog box opens and
GAP0001 is displayed on the left of the dialog box and the primary collector,
Side 1, becomes active.
2. Select a one-sided edge in the graphics window. The selected edge is added to the Side 1 collector.
| • To select more than one edge, hold down the CTRL key and select the edges in the graphics window. • When an edge is added to the collector, Creo Parametric automatically selects the tangent chains. |
3. Click the Side 2 collector in the Define Gaps dialog box and select the opposite one-sided edge of the gap in the graphics window. The selected edge is added to the Side 2 collector.
|  To activate the Side 2 collector, you can also right-click in the graphics window and click Side 2 on the shortcut menu. |
4. To add a new gap, click New Gap in the Define Gaps dialog box and select one-sided edges for Side 1 and Side 2 in the graphics window. You can also right-click in the graphics window and click New Gap on the shortcut menu to create a new gap.
5. To remove an edge, select the edge in the Side 1 or Side 2 collectors, right-click, and click Remove on the shortcut menu. If a side collector has more than one edge, you may remove all of them or select individual edges for removal.
6. Click Add to Wireframe to add the new gap to the wireframe.
7. Click OK in the Define Gaps dialog box.