solidworks

Parts and Features
Decimating a Graphics Mesh Body
The Decimate Mesh tool reduces the facet count in graphics mesh bodies. A lower
facet count makes it easier to modify a graphics mesh body.
You can reduce the facet count for an entire body or a group of facets in the body. To
select a group of facets, you can use the Paint Select Facets
Select Facets
tool.
This tool does not support mesh BREP bodies.
To decimate a graphics mesh body:
tool or the Tangent
1. Before you open a graphics mesh file, specify these system options in Tools > Options
> Import:
a) For File Format, select STL/OBJ/OFF/PLY/PLY2 and click Import as Graphics
Body.
b) For Unit, select Millimeters.
c) Click OK.
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