Midsurface is missing features of the split face

[John_Holtz]

Faces of a solid are often split so that loads and constraints can be applied to a portion of the face. If the solid is converted to a Midsurface in the In-CAD environment so that it can be modeled with shell elements, the splits do not appear on the midsurface. I would like the splits to be included in the midsurface.

In the example below, feature 1 is split on the top and bottom faces, feature 2 is on the bottom face only, and feature 3 is on the top face only. None of these three splits appear in the midsurface created by In-CAD (bottom half of the figure). The midsurface is just one face.

[martin_madaj]

Hi John,

you have to use the Offset Surfaces command with Automatic Face Chain option turned on to project the splits onto the midsurface. Unfortunately the Midsurfaces command itself can't do that, therefore I think this idea deserves a vote.

Best regards,
Martin.

[pclementsADJA4]

Has there been any resolution to this issue? Currently I have been trying to split surfaces to apply loads, however mid-surfaces are not applied to the split small faces

[henrique.calil]

Any updates so far? It's been over 4 years since original post. Using offset surfaces is a cumbersome and time consuming workaround.