The “Surfaces” tool creates finishes of any arbitrary shape at the surface of a part. A surface finish can be also described by thickness.
Create a plate with dimensions of 1000 x 500mm and a thickness of 100 mm. Set up the plate’s class at 6 for a further better visual representation.
Now let's proceed to create a surface finish. Rotate the view to the
The algorithm for using the “Surfaces - Surface treatment to selected
Note that the object created is not a plate, but the surface finish of
Go to the "Surface properties" window by double-clicking on it. Find the “Thickness” field and set up its value at 50 mm.
Make sure the “Type” field is set up at the “Tile surface”
Indicate the pattern type as “ Mauerwerk_3” and press the
So now you can see that the pattern was successfully applied to the model. The pattern overlay direction can be modified by moving the points which were indicated when creating the surface. Let’s select one of these points and move it by using the Ctrl+M hotkey combination.
The direction of the pattern changed. It is not a random pattern but an adjustable template with customizable steps, line thickness, and other parameters.
Exercise toggling between various pattern types.
Each pattern is specified by a definite geometrical overlay dimension.
Get back to the "Attributes" tab ( relevant for older TS versions) or the “Pattern” section (relevant for newer TS interfaces). Switching the “Type” field value to the “Special mix” allows changing the surface color.
TS v2021 allows color-coding without modifying the “Pattern type”
Thus a pattern or a color can be applied to an object's surface. Other surfaces finish properties will be examined when getting to the "Creating statements" chapter.
