Analyze objects
Analyze objects for errors and repair possibilities.
Check for errors
![Toolbars: Analyze | Diagnostics | Geometry Fix | Main | Main2 | Mesh Tools](../image/command_icons/check.png)
Check
Report errors in an object's data structure.
![Toolbar: Analyze | Diagnostics | Geometry Fix](../image/command_icons/checknewobjects_rt.png)
CheckNewObjects
Report errors in an object's data structure as it is created or imported.
![Toolbars: Analyze | Diagnostics | Geometry Fix](../image/command_icons/selbadobjects.png)
SelBadObjects
Select all objects that do not pass Check.
![Toolbar: Analyze | Surface Analysis | Surface Tools](../image/command_icons/showdir.png)
ShowDir
Open the Direction Analysis control and turn on direction analysis for curves, surfaces, and polysurfaces.
![Toolbars: Analyze | Edge Tools | Geometry Fix | Surface Tools](../image/command_icons/showedges.png)
ShowEdges
Highlight edges of surfaces and polysurfaces. Displays the Edge Analysis control.
![Toolbar: Analyze | Curve Tools | Diagnostics](../image/command_icons/showends.png)
ShowEnds
Open the End Analysis control, and display the endpoints of curves.
Analyze object
![Toolbar: Analyze](../image/command_icons/angle.png)
Angle
Report the angle between two picked or defined lines.
![Toolbar: Box](../image/command_icons/boundingbox.png)
BoundingBox
The BoundingBox command creates a box that encloses all selected objects, or each object in selection.
![](../image/command_icons/clash.png)
Clash
The Clash command uses clearance distance to detect clashes between two sets of objects.
![Toolbar: Analyze](../image/command_icons/curve deviation.png)
CrvDeviation
Report the maximum and minimum distances between two curves.
![Toolbar: Analyze](../image/command_icons/curvature_rt.png)
Curvature
Evaluate the curvature of a curve or surface.
![Toolbar: Analyze | Surface Tools](../image/command_icons/curvaturegraph.png)
CurvatureGraph
Evaluate curve or surface curvature with a graph.
![Toolbar: Analyze](../image/command_icons/diameter.png)
Diameter
Report the diameter of a curve at a specified point.
![Toolbar: Analyze | Main | Main2 | Surface Tools](../image/command_icons/direction.png)
Dir
Display and edit an object's normal direction.
![Toolbar: Analyze](../image/command_icons/domain_rt.png)
Domain
Report the domain of a curve or surface.
![Toolbar: Surface Analysis](../image/command_icons/draftangleanalysis.png)
DraftAngleAnalysis
Visually evaluate surface draft-angle using false-color analysis.
![Not on toolbars.](../image/general/_no_toolbar_button.png)
DraftAnglePoint
Place a point object on a surface the surface's draft angle break location.
![](../image/command_icons/edgecontinuity.png)
EdgeContinuity
Uses line hairs to visualize distance, tangency and curvature difference between an edge pair.
![Not on toolbars.](../image/general/_no_toolbar_button.png)
ExtractCurvatureGraph
Duplicate a curve's curvature graph.
![Toolbar: Diagnostics](../image/command_icons/list.png)
List
Report information about object's data structure.
![Toolbar: Analyze](../image/command_icons/radius.png)
Radius
Report the radius of a curve.
![Toolbar: Diagnostics](../image/command_icons/what_rt.png)
What
Report object properties details.
Analyze surface quality
![Toolbar: Analyze | Surface Analysis | Surface Tools](../image/command_icons/curvatureanalysis.png)
CurvatureAnalysis
Evaluate surface curvature using false-color analysis.
![](../image/command_icons/edgecontinuity.png)
EdgeContinuity
Uses line hairs to visualize distance, tangency and curvature difference between an edge pair.
![Toolbar: Surface Analysis](../image/command_icons/emap.png)
EMap
Visually evaluate surface smoothness using an image bitmap reflected in the surface.
![Toolbar: Surface Analysis](../image/command_icons/zebra.png)
Zebra
Visually evaluate surface smoothness and continuity using a stripe map.
Compare objects
![Toolbar: Surface Analysis](../image/command_icons/evaluateuvpt_pointsfromuv_rt.png)
EvaluateUVPt
Report the u and v coordinates of a specified location on a surface.
![Toolbar: Point](../image/command_icons/markfoci.png)
MarkFoci
Place point objects at focus locations of conic curves.
![Toolbar: Analyze](../image/command_icons/gcon.png)
GCon
Report the geometric continuity between two curves.
![Toolbar: Surface Analysis](../image/command_icons/pointdeviation.png)
PointDeviation
Report the distance between points and a surface.
![Toolbar: Surface Analysis](../image/command_icons/thicknessanalysis.png)
ThicknessAnalysis
Use false-color display to evaluate the thickness of a solid.
Repair objects
![Toolbar: Analyze | Surface Tools](../image/command_icons/flip.png)
Flip
Reverse the normal direction of a curve, surface, or mesh.
![Toolbar: Mesh Tools](../image/command_icons/meshrepair.png)
MeshRepair
Open the Mesh Repair wizard.
![Toolbar: Geometry Fix | Surface Tools](../image/command_icons/untrim_srf.png)
Untrim
Remove trim curves from trimmed surfaces.