To virtually collapse faces into edges or vertices, in the Geometry toolbar, from the
Virtual Operations menu (
), select
Collapse Faces (
). Then enter the properties of the operation using the following sections:
Select the faces that you want to collapse in the Graphics window. They then appear in the
Faces to collapse list. If the geometry sequence includes user-defined selections above the
Collapse Faces node, choose
Manual to select faces, or choose one of the selection nodes from the list next to
Faces to collapse.
Click the Active button to toggle between turning ON and OFF the
Faces to collapse selections.
Select the Ignore merged entities check box to ignore the resulting merged edges or vertices (if possible).
By default, the Collapse to vertex tolerance list is set to
Automatic. Select
Manual to enter a value in the
Maximum face perimeter field that appears. The default values is 0.001. This tolerance is the maximum perimeter of a face to be collapsed into a vertex.