Align Midmesh

Use the Align tool to correct and improve midmesh quality by aligning selected midmesh surfaces or edges to specified guide geometry.

This process adjusts the position, shape, or attributes of the midmesh to ensure consistency, accuracy, and better conformity to the intended design, resulting in a cleaner and more precise mesh.
  1. From the 2D ribbon, click the Midmesh > Align tool.
    Figure 1.


  2. Optional: On the guide bar, click to define alignment options.
    Merge and simplify
    Remove shared edges between adjacent midmesh surfaces and merge them into a continuous surface. This reduces unnecessary edge divisions, enhances mesh quality, and simplifies the model.
    Remesh
    Remesh the midmesh surfaces after alignment, adjusting element size and distribution to improve uniformity and preserve quality.
    Figure 2.


  3. Align midmesh.
    To alignDo this
    Middle Align midmesh surface(s) between Guide A and Guide B geometry surface sets.
    1. Use the Surface selector to select the midmesh surface(s) to align.
    2. Use the Guide A selector to choose the first guide surface(s).
    3. Use the Guide B selector to choose the second guide surface(s).
    4. Click Align to perform the operation.
    Note: Guide surfaces are auto-populated based on the stored attributes of the selected midmesh surfaces.
    Figure 3.


    Edge Align Align midmesh edge(s) under geometry line(s) or extend to target geometry surface(s).
    1. Use the Lines selector to choose the midmesh edge(s) to align.
    2. Use the Guide A selector to choose the geometry edge(s) beneath which the selected midmesh edge(s) will be aligned.
      Tip: You can use the Guide A selector to choose the geometry surface(s) to which the selected midmesh edge(s) will be extended.
    3. Click Align to perform the operation.
    Figure 4.


    Plane Align midmesh surface(s) to the specified plane.
    1. Use the Surface selector to select the midmesh surface(s) to align.
    2. Use the Plane selector to define the target plane using the manipulator.
    3. Click Align to perform the operation.
    To learn more about defining a plane or vector direction, see Define Orientation.
    Figure 5.


    Cylinder Align midmesh surface(s) to the specified cylinder.
    1. Use the Surface selector to select the midmesh surface(s) to align.
    2. Use the Guide selector to define the target cylinder using geometry surface(s).
      Tip: You can use the Locations selector to pick three points for defining the cylinder.
    3. Click Align to perform the operation.
    Figure 6.


    Offset Align midmesh surface(s) using an offset value from geometry surface(s).
    1. Use the Surface selector to select the midmesh surface(s) to align.
    2. Use the Guide selector to select the geometry surface(s) from which the selected midmesh surface(s) will be offset.
    3. In the microdialog, specify the offset value.
    4. Click Align to perform the operation.
    Figure 7.


    Fuse Fuse two sets of midmesh edges together.
    1. Use the Edge A selector to select the first set of midmesh edge(s) to be fused.
    2. Use the Edge B selector to select the second set of midmesh edge(s) to be fused.
    3. Click Align to perform the operation.
    Figure 8.


    Copy Align midmesh surface(s) using attributes from another midmesh surface.
    1. Use the Surface selector to select the midmesh surface(s) to align.
    2. Use the Guide selector to select the midmesh surface(s) whose attributes will be applied.
    3. Click Align to perform the operation.
    Figure 9.