Geometry Menu

Drop Test has the following general geometry capabilities:

•	Import geometry from an external CAD file

•	Export geometry to an external CAD file

•	Create new geometry

•	Edit and defeature existing or imported geometry

•	Create connectors on geometry

•	Create loads/BCs on geometry

•	Create meshes on geometry

The following options are available from the Geometry menu:

Autocleanup	Performs automatic geometry cleanup and prepares it for meshing based on the parameters set in the BatchMesher criteria file, which can be edited from this panel.
Card Editor	Select the entities that are viewed in the card image subpanel.
Comparison Tool	Perform a model-based CAD-CAD, CAD-FE or FE-FE comparison between two models, or two selections of entities. You can also use this tool to find and report on geometrical/shape differences.
Defeature	Find and delete pinholes, fillets on surfaces and surface edges and duplicate surfaces.
Delete panel	Delete data from a model database, preview and delete empty collectors and preview and delete unused property collectors, material collectors, or curves.
Distance	Determine the distance between two nodes/points or the angle between three nodes/points, or to change distances or angles.
Edge Edit	Modify surface edges.
Geom Match Topology	Fix gaps between stitched edges and vertices to make the actual geometry of the surfaces consistent with the model topology.
Length	Determine the length of a selected group of lines.
Line Edit	Split, join or extend lines.
Lines	Create lines using a wide variety of methods.
Mass Calc	Obtain the mass, area and/or volume of a selected group of elements, solids or surfaces.
Metadata to CAE	Take metadata generated as part of the CAD import process and use it to setup CAE models.
Midsurface	Extract the midsurface representation of a solid part.
Morph	The Morphing menu provides functions to help you morph the shape of a finite element model in ways that are useful, logical and intuitive. See HyperMorph Strategies for more information about this powerful tool.
Nodes	Create nodes using a wide variety of methods.
Node Edit	Associate nodes to a point, line, or surface/solid face; move nodes along a surface; place a node at a point on a surface; remap a list of nodes to a line; or project nodes to an imaginary line passing through two nodes.
Normals	Display the normal of an element or surface, adjust the orientation of element normals and reverse the normal of an element or surface.
Numbers	Display the IDs of an entity.
Organize	Reorganize your database by copying or moving data (entities) among collectors or includes.
Permute	Switch coordinates of model entities in the global coordinate system.
Point Edit	Perform many point-specific geometry cleanup tasks.
Points	Create free points using a wide variety of methods.
Position	Specify a new position for model entities.
Project	Project data entities to a plane, vector, surface or line.
Quick Edit	Many tools for rapid editing of model geometry.
Reflect	Reflect portions of a model about a plane, changing the selected portion into a mirror image of itself.
Renumber	Renumber entities.
Rotate	Rotate entities around an axis in space.
Scale	Increase or decrease an entity’s dimensions.
Solid Edit	Modify solid entities, including trimming and/or splitting solids and merging solids into a single entity.
Solids	Create solid geometry using a wide variety of methods.
Surface Edit	Perform a variety of surface editing, trimming and creation functions.
Surfaces	Create surfaces using a wide variety of methods.
Systems	Create rectangular, cylindrical and spherical coordinate systems.
Translate	Move entities in a single specified direction.
Vectors	Create a vector entity.