Create Regions from Features

Create regions by selecting entities based on their feature type using the Regions from Feature Selection tool.

Regions will be created with the given region name, and will reference the specific entities found by the tool based on the defined feature type.

  1. In the Mesh Controls Browser, right-click on the Region folder and select Create > From Feature Selection from the context menu.
  2. In the Regions from Feature Selection dialog, enter a region name.
  3. Select a feature type.
    • Choose Circles to select surface edges that represent closed circles within a min and max radius range, optionally limited to only internal edges.

      The edges are found from either the selected surface edges, or from all of the edges of the selected surfaces.

    • Choose Cylinders to select surfaces that represent cylinders within a min and max radius range.

      Cylinders may be both closed and partial, or can be optionally limited to only closed.

    • Choose Fillets to select surfaces that represent fillets within a min and max radius range.