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Activity: Delete faces of a solid

In this activity, you will use the Delete Face command to remove the:

 External detail of a part to create a solid model that can be used for flow
analysis.
 Internal detail of a part to create a simplified solid model.

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Delete external faces of a solid

You need to create a new solid model of the part for air flow analysis. This new solid
model needs to be an associative copy of the original solid model used to
manufacture the part. To create the new solid model, you first create a copy of the
original solid model and then delete all the external faces, so that you have a solid
model that represents the air volume inside the throttle body.

1. Open syn3_120167.

2. In the Part Navigator, right-click Body (1) and choose Extract Body Here.

3. Right-click Body (1) and choose Hide.

4. Right-click Extracted Body (2) and choose Rename. Type Air Volume and press
Enter.

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5. On the Top Border bar, make sure that the All But Selected option is
displayed.

This option is active only after you select objects.

6. Choose Home tab→Synchronous Modeling group→Delete Face .

7. In the Delete Face dialog box title bar, click Reset to return the dialog box
to the default settings.
8. Select Top Border bar→Face Rule list→Region Faces.

The Status line displays the message Select seed face for region. You
only need to define one seed face per region.

9. Select the internal face as the Seed Face.

The Status Line now displays the message Select boundary faces for
region, or press MB2 to finish the region.

10. Select the four faces adjacent to the openings as the boundary faces. One of
the faces is on the bottom of the part.

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Note Boundary faces are not included with the Region Faces you are defining.
They are used only to limit the extent of the region.

The Status Line now displays the message Select boundary faces for
region, or press MB2 to finish the region.

11. Click the middle mouse button to complete the first region boundary.

12. On the Top Border bar, click All But Selected to select all the external
faces of the solid.

13. Click OK.

All the external faces are deleted and the boundary faces have capped the
openings. This solid represents the air volume inside this throttle body. This
process can be used whenever all the boundary faces are planar surfaces. If the

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boundary faces have contour, you would need to cap these faces before you use
the Delete Face command.

14. Right-click Extracted Body (2) and choose Hide.

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Delete internal faces of a solid

You need to create a new solid model of the part to be used in assemblies that do
not require all the internal detail. This new solid model needs to be an associative
copy of the original solid model used to manufacture the part. To create the new
solid model, you first create a copy of the original solid model and then delete all
the internal faces, so that you have a solid model that represents all the external
features of the throttle body.

1. Right-click Body (1) and choose Extract Body Here.

2. Right-click Extracted Body (2) and choose Rename. Type Simple and press
Enter.

3. Choose Home tab→Synchronous Modeling group→Delete Face .

4. Ensure Top Border bar→Face Rule list→Region Faces is selected.

The Status line displays the message Select seed face for region. You
only need to define one seed face per region.

5. Select the internal face as the Seed Face.

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The Status Line now displays the message Select boundary faces for
region, or press MB2 to finish the region.

6. Select the four faces adjacent to the openings as the boundary faces. One of
the faces is on the bottom of the part.

Note Boundary faces are not included with the Region Faces you are defining.
They are used only to limit the extent of the region.

The Status Line now displays the message Select boundary faces for
region, or press MB2 to finish the region.

7. Click the middle mouse button to complete the first region boundary.

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8. The second region will be used to delete the small through slot in the flange.
On the bottom of the part, select any face in the slot as shown.

9. Three boundary faces are needed to define this region. Select the first face as
shown.

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10. Select the second boundary face as shown.

11. Select the third boundary face as shown.

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12. Click the middle mouse button to complete the second region boundary.

13. Click Apply to delete the faces.

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Delete all the holes

1. Select Top Border bar→Face Rule list→Boss or Pocket Faces.
2. Select the two pocket faces as shown.

3. Select the face as shown.

4. Click Apply.
5. In the Delete Face dialog box, from the Type group, select Hole.
6. In the Hole to Delete group, make sure the Select Holes by Size check box
is selected.
7. In the Hole Size <= box, type 10 and press Enter.
8. Select one of the holes as shown.

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All of the holes with a diameter less than 10 highlight.

9. Click OK to delete the hole faces.

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Make reference sets

You need to make reference sets of the new solid models that you created. If you
add this part to an assembly, you must have the ability to either show the fully
detailed solid model or the simplified solid model.

1. In the Part Navigator, right-click Extracted Body "Air Volume" and

choose Show.

2. Choose Assemblies tab→More gallery→Reference Sets.

3. Select the Model ("BODY") reference set from the list.

Notice that the Select Object count is (3). The number indicates that the two
extracted bodies are part of the Model reference set. Any solid created in a
part file is automatically added to the Model reference set. Both extracted
bodies were automatically added to the BODY reference set. You need to
remove these bodies from the Model reference set.

4. Hold Shift and select both solids.

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Both extracted bodies are removed from the Model reference set.

5. In the Reference Sets dialog box, click Add New Reference Set .
6. In the Reference Set Name box, type SIMPLE and press Enter.
7. Select the body as shown.

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If you add this part to an assembly, you now have the ability to either show the
fully detailed solid model or a simplified solid model by virtue of the two
reference sets, BODY and SIMPLE.

8. In the Reference Set Name box, type AIR VOLUME and press Enter.
9. Select the body as shown.

10. In the Reference Sets dialog box, click Close.

11. In the Part Navigator, right-click Extracted Body "Air Volume" and
choose Hide.

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12. Right-click Extracted Body "Simple" and choose Hide.

13. Right-click Body (1) and choose Show.

14. Close the part or close all parts when you exit the session.

You completed the activity.

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