Plate & Surface Types

The different plate and surface types used when editing a midsurface.

Midsurface

Surfaces created to represent a thin solid for shell meshing.

Figure 1.

Planaes

A continuous, flat plate.

Figure 2.

Sweeps

A continuous plate that follows the contours of the geometry.

Figure 3.

Offsets

A plate that is offset from one side of the source geometry.

Figure 4.

Transitions

Surfaces that connect separate plates.

Figure 5.

Edges

Surfaces that define the boundary of the midsurface.

Figure 6.

Ignored

A surface that is ignored during midsurfacing.

This plate type is useful when working with complex models.

Figure 7.

Unidentified

A plate that has not been assigned a plate type.

If you do not assign a plate type to unidentified plates prior to midsurfacing, one will be assigned during the midsurfacing process.

Figure 8.