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Parts and Features
Using Tangent Select Facets to Decimate a Facet Group
You can use the Tangent Select Facets tool
a seed facet.
To use Tangent Select Facets to decimate a facet group:
to select facets that are tangent from
1. Using the same graphics mesh body, piggy_bank.STL, zoom to the right ear of the
model.
2. Click Insert > Mesh > Decimate Mesh.
3. In the graphics area:
a) Right-click and click Tangent Select Facets.
b) Select one or more facets in an area where you want to reduce the facets in the
ear. These facets are the seed facets.
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