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Relaxing surfaces

The Relax tool is used to look for surfaces that may have too many control points and reduce the number of points. Reducing the number of control points 'relaxes' the surfaces and makes them more stable.

To relax a surface

1. Click  Relax in the Adjust group of the Repair tab.

2. (Optional) Click the Select Geometry tool guide to select surfaces to relax that aren't automatically detected.

3. Click the Select Problem tool guide and click on a highlighted surface to relax  or click the Complete tool guide to relax all highlighted surfaces.

Tool guides

The following tool guides help step you through the process:

	The Select Problem tool guide is active by default. This tool guide allows you to select problem areas that are automatically found by the tool.
	The Select Geometry tool guide allows you to select faces and curves that were not automatically found. Hold Ctrl to select multiple objects or box select in the design area.
	The Exclude Problem tool guide allows you to exclude areas from selection and fixing.
	The Complete tool guide replaces all the highlighted surfaces with new surfaces based on the Fix Options.

Find Options

• Maximum distance: Find faces whose control points are less than the specified distance apart in either direction.
• Minimum points: Find faces with more than the specified number of control points in either direction.

Fix Options

• Density of points: PointSingle location in the sketch grid. 2-D object that has no height, width, or length. The origin, an axis, and a vertex are examples of points. Use the Point tool to sketch a point on the sketch grid. Points are useful as a dimensional reference, for splitting, and for creating a point on a line or curve through which you want to draw a three-point circle. density to apply when relaxing the surface.