CAD Face

One face of an imported CAD part, with its surface parameterization: a face of a body, or a surface saved as STEP (the part's Faces). Where a Solid is taken it counts as the half-space on the side opposite its normals — cut or intersect with it, or give it a thickness with Thicken Surface; it also drives Cell Grid on Surface.

Inputs

Face CAD Face

Which face: a reference into a CAD Body's faces. Pick a face in the viewport to create one.

Takes: CAD Face, CAD Faces of Body

Output

CAD Face

Used by: any block that takes CAD Face (98 blocks)

Properties

Values the block gives besides its output. The editor lists them under Properties, and an input can read one by reference.

Solid Solid

The half-space on the side opposite the face's normals, as a Solid: the exact distance to the face, negative behind it. Cut or Intersect with it; where a Solid is taken the face counts as this by itself.

ScalarField Number

The signed distance to the face, negative on the side opposite its normals; give it a thickness with Thicken Surface or drive a Range Map.

BoundingBox Bounding Box

The axis-aligned extent of the face's triangles.

List List of CAD Face

This face in a list of one, like every value that has a list type.

Parent CAD Body

The body that contains this face.

In the demos

What implicit modeling is

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