Bulk Fill of Holes? 2

[VN1981]

Have received an assembly of multiple panels which are joined by rivets. The solid model contains rivet holes numbering in hundreds. I have to extract outer surface and fill up the holes to get a water tight geometry. Very hard to do fill individually for each hole. I did explore in GSD and was not able to find an option to do like a batch fill for numerous boundaries/outer curves.

Just wanted to post here and see if a tool/function like the above exists in Catia V5.

Thanks...

 

[TudorM]

Hi ,you do not need any tool try following steps :

 

[rickyt]

Not knowing how complex these panels are.
I would suggest looking at the remove face command.
This would require you to manually select the hundreds of holes.
this would probably still be easier than your current method.
Do them in batches, versus selecting all of them under one operation.

Or first, use the search (ctrl-f) and select topology for workbench and Face for type, then choose the search and select option.
This will select every face, now activate the remove face command.
All surfaces will be selected, so now manually unselect the ones you want to keep.
Give this a try on a smaller file first to see how and if it works.

 

[VN1981]

TudorM & rickyt, thanks for the replies folks. S

TudorM in your screenshot, what exactly are your 'Extracting' before generating boundary? 2nd question, I see only one boundary in your model tree. Does that boundary consist of perimeter curves for all cutouts in one go? Also, in your join operation, what all was joined together?

 

[TudorM]

Hi VN1981.
The Extract is the surface with bunch of holes .
"Does that boundary consist of perimeter curves for all cutouts in one go?" -YES

"Also, in your join operation, what all was joined together?" - the boundaries

Use one fill for all of them.

Play a little with steps i mentioned and you will have one fill for all holes !

 

[ferdo]

Why don't you use your master geometry or extractions to recreate the surfaces of the panels? Maybe it is easier than filling holes in surfaces...in CATIA 3DX I remember I saw such a tool.

I see you are in aerospace, I don't think you can use the method proposed By Tudor to fill surfaces with different curvatures...but this depend on what you need also and how accurate you want your surface.

Regards
Fernando

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL9mSHa4SOedV3dr0D3kfIWFUg7mIYm94k

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL9mSHa4SOedVUEkEojiX_kdzpe0sDbaz2

 

[cadddict]

Extract the surface with all the holes then use the Untrim feature.
I believe this to be the quickest way in 3dexperience or V5 but dont have access to V5 to confirm.

 

[ferdo]

I run recently exactly in the same problem , so here it is the link to a short demo...

Regards
Fernando

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL9mSHa4SOedV3dr0D3kfIWFUg7mIYm94k

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL9mSHa4SOedVUEkEojiX_kdzpe0sDbaz2

 

[ferdo]

Bu the way, thanks cadddict to point in the right direction.

Regards
Fernando

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL9mSHa4SOedV3dr0D3kfIWFUg7mIYm94k

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL9mSHa4SOedVUEkEojiX_kdzpe0sDbaz2

 

[VN1981]

Ferdo,
Thanks for creating the demo but it is definitely one way of achieving desired outcome.