how to add individual mesh triangles to a specific face group?

[mschoonmaker]

I've imported an STL and ran Create Face Groups. All looks well except for a few errant triangles that have landed in an adjacent face group. I'd like to reassign those triangles to a different (but existing) face group. Is there some way to accomplish this?

[TheCADWhisperer]

Yes.

Attach your file here if you can’t figure it out.

[laughingcreek · Accepted solution]

you have to be in direct edit-

then you can select the face groups you want to combine, and run "create face group" on them-

[TheCADWhisperer]

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@laughingcreek wrote:

you have to be in direct edit-

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I am not at my Fusion machine to verify at the moment, but I don’t think that is still the case.

Are you sure?

[mschoonmaker]

That created a NEW face group - I wanted to "move" some triangles from one face group to another face group.

[laughingcreek]

yes and no.  you can combine whole face groups together without going into direct edit, using "combine face groups".  but if you need to separate individual faces out of a group, you have to go into direct edit.

[laughingcreek]

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@mschoonmaker wrote:

That created a NEW face group - I wanted to "move" some triangles from one face group to another face group.

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they're all part of the SAME facegroup now aren't they? the effect is the same.

[TheCADWhisperer]

@mschoonmaker 

Can you File>Export your *.f3d file to your local drive and then Attach it here to a Reply?

[laughingcreek · Accepted solution]

sorry, glossed over a detail (I do most of this stuff on autopilot).  you need to seperate the offending faces first (that part has to be in direct edit mode), and then compinet that with the proper group.  here's a simple example-

[mschoonmaker]

that worked well thank you