This form is used to create a solid block with user input a point, length, width, height, and reference coordinate frame. It also provides an option to perform boolean operation with the input target solid using the created block as the tool solid.

Creates solid blocks 1 and 2 at [0 0 0] and [2 0 0] with parameters of X=1.0, Y=1.0, Z=1.0 and X=2.0, Y=2.0, Z=2.0 respectively.

Creates solid block 1 at [-1 .5 .5] with parameters of X=5.0, Y=1.0, Z=1.0 while performing a boolean add operation with solid 1.

This form is used to create a solid cylinder with user input a point, height, radius, optional thickness, and optional reference coordinate frame. It also provides an option to perform boolean operation with the input target solid using the created cylinder as the tool solid.

Creates solid cylinder 1 at point 1with parameters of Height=3.0, Radius=0.25, along X axis.

Creates Solid Cylinder 1 at point 1 with parameters Height=3.0, Radius=0.25, a wall thickness = 0.125 along X axis while performing a boolean add operation with solid 1.

This form is used to create a solid sphere with user input a point, radius, and optional reference coordinate frame. It also provides an option to perform boolean operation with the input target solid using the created sphere as the tool solid.

Creates Solid Sphere 1 at [0 0 0] with a Radius of 1.0 along the Z axis.

Creates Solid Sphere 1 at point 1with a Radius of 0.5 along the Y axis while performing a boolean add operation with solid 1.

This form is used to create a solid cone with user input a point, base radius, top radius, height, optional thickness, and optional reference coordinate frame. It also provides an option to perform boolean operation with the input target solid using the created cone as the tool solid.

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Creates Solid Cone 1 at [0 0 0] and Cone 2 at [3 0 0] along the Z axis with parameters Height=2.0, Base Radius=1.0, Top Radius=0.5 and Thickness for Cone 1=0.0 and Thickness for Cone 2=0.125

Creates Solid Cones 1 and 2 at [.5 1 .5] along the Y axis with parameters Height=-5.0, Base Radius=0.25, Top Radius=0.0625 while performing a boolean add operation with Solid 1 and 2.

This form is used to create a solid torus with user input a point, major radius, minor radius, and optional reference coordinate frame. It also provides an option to perform boolean operation with the input target solid using the created torus as the tool solid.

Creates Solid Torus 1 and 2 at [0 0 0] with parameters Major Radius=1.0, Minor Radius=0.5 and Torus 1 along the X axis and Torus 2 along the Y axis.

Creates Solid Torus 1 at [0 0 0] along the Z axis with parameters Major Radius=1.0, Minor Radius=0.25 while performing a boolean add operation with Solid 1.

This form is used to perform a Solid boolean operation on an existing solid during the creation of a new primitive solid. This is a child form of the parent Create,Solid,Primitive form.

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The Surface method with the 2 Surface option, creates solids between two surfaces or solid faces.

Creates Solid 1 using the Create/Surface/2 Surface option. The solid is created between Surfaces 2 and 3.

Creates Solid 1 using the Create/Surface/2 Surface option. The solid is created between Surface 2 and a surface defined by Curves 5 and 6, using the Surface select menu icon listed below.

The Surface method with the 3 Surface option creates solids that pass through three existing surfaces or solid faces.

Creates Solid 2 using the Create/Surface/3 Surface option. The solid is created between a face of Solid 1, Surface 2 and a surface defined by Curves 5 and 6 by using the Surface select menu icon listed below.

The Surface method using the 4 Surface option creates solids that pass through four existing surfaces or solid faces.

Creates Solid 2 using the Create/Surface/4 Surface option. The solid is created between a face of Solid 1, Surface 2, a surface defined by Curves 5 and 6 and Surface 3.

The Surface method using the N-Surfaces option creates solids that pass through any number of existing surfaces or solid faces.

Creates Solid1 using the Create/Surface/N-Surfaces option. The solid is created between Surfaces 2, 7, 8, 9 and 10.

The B-rep method creates boundary represented solids by specifying a list of surfaces or solid faces that form a closed topologically congruent volume. B-rep solids can only be meshed with Patran’s TetMesh. For more information, see Gliding Solids, 347.

Creates Solid 1 using the Create/Solid/B-rep method which is created from Surfaces 2, 3, 4, and 8 through 14. Notice that since Delete Original Surfaces is pressed in, the surfaces are deleted.

The Decompose method creates solids from two opposing solid faces by choosing four vertex locations on each face and then a solid is created from the two decomposed faces.

Creates Solid 2 by selecting four points on solid face Solid 1.6 and four points on solid face Solid 1.5.

Creates Solid 2 by selecting four points on solid face Solid 1.6 and four points on solid face Solid 1.5.

The Face method creates a solid from five or six surfaces or solid faces which define the solid’s exterior faces. The surfaces or faces can be in any order and they can have any parametric orientation, but they must define a valid exterior of a solid.

Creates Solid 1 using the Create/Face method which is created from Surfaces 2 through 7. The option is set to 6 Face.

Creates Solid 1 using the Create/Face method which is created from Surfaces 1 through 5. The option is set to 5 Face.

The Vertex method creates parametric tri-cubic solids by specifying a list of eight point locations that represent the eight vertices of the new solid. The point locations can be points, vertices, nodes or other point locations provided on the Point select menu.

Creates Solid 2 using the Create/Vertex method which is created from Points 12 through 15 and Nodes 34, 44, 254 and 264.

The Glide method creates triparametric solids by sweeping a base surface curve along a path defined by a set of director curves or edges.

Creates Solid 1 using the Create/Glide method which is created from Curve 5 for the Director Curve and Surface 2 for the Base Surface. The scale is set to 0.25 and Fixed Glide is pressed in.