Part RefineShape

Description
Part RefineShape produces a non-parametric copy with a refined shape, that is, with certain edges and faces cleaned up.

After certain boolean operations, like Part Union, some lines from the previous shapes main remain visible. This tool produces a copy of that boolean result, and cleans up those seams.

To produce other non-parametric copies use SimpleCopy, TransformedCopy, and ElementCopy.



How to use

 * 1) Select an object that you wish to clean and copy.
 * 2) Go to the menu.
 * 3) A cleaned, independent copy of the original object is created; the original object is hidden.

As of the result defaults to a parametric (linked) copy.

This behavior can be changed in the
 * 1) Go to the subgroup:
 * 2) Change  of type  to  to get the old behavior (independent copy).

See other parameters in Fine-tuning.

Limitations

 * The refinement algorithm only works on shells. Therefore it iterates over the shells of the input shape and then for each shell it creates a new shell with joined faces wherever possible. This means that if your input shape is only a face, wire, edge or vertex then the algorithm does nothing.
 * Unlike the OpenSCAD RefineShapeFeature command, Part RefineShape won't update when the preceding shapes are changed.

Scripting
The Python command for refining a shape is the following: