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Description

The Part RefineShape command creates parametric copies with a refined shape from selected objects. It removes unnecessary edges from planar and cylindrical faces.

Original with 11 faces (left), and refined copy with 7 faces (right).

Usage

1. Select one or more objects.
2. Select the Part → Copy → Refine Shape option from the menu.
3. For each object a cleaned, parametric copy is created
4. The original objects are hidden.

Notes

• Many Part objects and PartDesign features have a DataRefine property. Setting that property to true is preferable over using this command as it avoids an extra object.
• By default this command creates parametric copies. There is a fine-tuning parameter to change this to non-parametric copies.
• This command can be used after converting a mesh to a shape.
• Refining an object may prevent 3D printers from printing unwanted edges once the object is exported to a mesh format.
• Some interesting information about what is happening with placement and how to access by Python can be found in this forum post.

Properties

See also: Property View.

A Part RefineShape object is derived from a Part Feature object and inherits all its properties. It also has the following additional property:

Data

Refine

• DataSource (Link): specifies the linked source shape.

Scripting

The Python command for refining a shape is the following:

shape.removeSplitter()

ElementCopy

ToleranceSet

Part