{"id":5708,"date":"2020-07-16T11:29:14","date_gmt":"2020-07-16T11:29:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bssrdf.com\/?post_type=manual_documentation&amp;p=5708"},"modified":"2020-07-16T11:29:14","modified_gmt":"2020-07-16T11:29:14","slug":"close-mesh","status":"publish","type":"manual_documentation","link":"https:\/\/manual.keyshot.com\/keyshot10\/manual\/tools-3\/close-mesh\/","title":{"rendered":"Close Mesh"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_83 ez-toc-wrap-right counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">On this page<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3065f62a91c\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #ffffff;color:#ffffff\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #ffffff;color:#ffffff\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3065f62a91c\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/manual.keyshot.com\/keyshot10\/manual\/tools-3\/close-mesh\/#What_does_the_tool_do\" >What does the tool do?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/manual.keyshot.com\/keyshot10\/manual\/tools-3\/close-mesh\/#How_to_Close_Mesh\" >How to Close Mesh<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/manual.keyshot.com\/keyshot10\/manual\/tools-3\/close-mesh\/#Tool_UI\" >Tool UI<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"CloseMesh-Whatdoesthetooldo?\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"What_does_the_tool_do\"><\/span>What does the tool do?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>If you have a polygon with a holes in it you can use&nbsp;<em>Close Mesh<\/em>&nbsp;to fill in missing polygons or close the gab between holes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"CloseMesh-HowtoCloseMesh\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"How_to_Close_Mesh\"><\/span>How to Close Mesh<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Launch the\u00a0<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"32\" height=\"32\" class=\"wp-image-5709\" style=\"width: 16px\" src=\"https:\/\/manual.keyshot.com\/keyshot10\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2020\/07\/close_mesh_icon-1.png\" alt=\"\">\u00a0<em>Close Mesh<\/em>\u00a0tool either via the Tools section in the Ribbon or via the context menu in the Real-time View or the Scene tree.<ul><li>The\u00a0<em>Close Mesh\u00a0<\/em>tool will list the open edges of the part you selected. In the preview any open edges will be displayed with a green line.\u00a0<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li>Choose the open edge(s) you want to fix in the list, these will be highlighted with an orange outline in the preview.<\/li><li>Now you can choose 2 methods for closing the holes<ul><li><strong>Close Selected edges<\/strong>: this will create the polygons to fill in the hole<\/li><li><strong>Join Selected Edges<\/strong>: if the part has multiple holes, you can choose to create a solid connection between holes. Just select the 2 edges you want to join, and click\u00a0<em>Join Selected Edges<\/em>.<\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"CloseMesh-ToolUI\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Tool_UI\"><\/span>Tool UI<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"871\" src=\"https:\/\/manual.keyshot.com\/keyshot10\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2020\/07\/close_mesh_UI-1024x871.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5713\" srcset=\"https:\/\/manual.keyshot.com\/keyshot10\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2020\/07\/close_mesh_UI-1024x871.png 1024w, https:\/\/manual.keyshot.com\/keyshot10\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2020\/07\/close_mesh_UI-300x255.png 300w, https:\/\/manual.keyshot.com\/keyshot10\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2020\/07\/close_mesh_UI-768x653.png 768w, https:\/\/manual.keyshot.com\/keyshot10\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2020\/07\/close_mesh_UI.png 1272w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Preview:<\/strong>&nbsp;The preview shows the selected object with any open edges highlighted in green<br><\/li><li><strong>List of edges:<\/strong>&nbsp;The list shows all the open edges in the object. Edges selected in the list will be highlighted in orange in the preview. Hold Shift and click in the list to multi select.<br><\/li><li><strong>Close Selected Edges<\/strong>: This will cap the selected open edges<br><\/li><li><strong>Connect Selected Edges:<\/strong>&nbsp;This will connect 2 edges into a single edge.<\/li><li><strong>Show Wireframe:&nbsp;<\/strong>Enable this to show the wireframe of the object.<br><\/li><li><strong>Cancel\/ Apply:&nbsp;<\/strong>Click&nbsp;<em>Apply<\/em>&nbsp;to commit the new geometry to the scene. Cancel will abort the process and the part will be as it was when the tool was launched.<\/li><\/ol>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":29916,"featured_media":0,"parent":5634,"menu_order":5,"template":"","manualdocumentationcategory":[13],"manual_doc_tag":[],"class_list":["post-5708","manual_documentation","type-manual_documentation","status-publish","hentry","manualdocumentationcategory-keyshot"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Close Mesh - KeyShot 10 Manual<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/manual.keyshot.com\/keyshot10\/manual\/tools-3\/close-mesh\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Close Mesh - KeyShot 10 Manual\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"What does the tool do? 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