Faces are individual surfaces of a part. By default, a face is set to perfect electric
conductor (PEC).
Note: The term “face” is used to differentiate from “surface”. A surface refers to a 2D
primitive (for example, a polygon).
Selecting a face in the 3D view selects the corresponding face in the details tree. Conversely, selecting a face in the details tree
selects the corresponding face in the 3D view.
Figure 1. Select a face in the 3D view to highlight the corresponding entry in
the details tree. The converse is also true.
The following can be applied to faces:
Face medium
Metallic (to model skin effect).
Layered dielectric
Impedance sheets (to represent metal surfaces in cases where only the surface impedance
per unit area is known).
Characterised surface
Coating (layered dielectric)
Dielectric sheet
Local mesh size
Solution methods
Basis functions (local setting)
When an operation results in a face being split into multiple faces, both the resulting faces
inherit the properties of the parent.
For operations where multiple faces need to be merged but have conflicting properties, an
assumption will be made and the face will be marked suspect to indicate that the settings need
to be reviewed.
