Connect Cage

Use the Connect Cage command to associatively connect a subdivision body to sheet bodies or curves outside of the subdivsion feature.

• Selected cage edges must be continuous and open.

• Cage edges can form a closed ring.

• Selected external reference must be continuous face edges or curves.

• Cage edges and the external reference must either both be open or both be closed.

• Connect Cage supports Symmetric Modeling.

Note: You cannot specify cage edges that lie on the symmetry plane.

When you connect a subdivsion cage to external geometry:

• Constraint attributes are applied to the cage edges and they become persistent constrained objects, which cannot be modified until you remove the constraint using the Delete Constraint command.

• Changes to the external reference geometry affect the constrained region of the subdivision model.

Why should I use it?

You can create smooth connections between subdivision features and other sheet bodies.

Where do I find it?

Application

Modeling

Task environment

NX Realize Shape

Command

Connect Cage

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How do I

• Connect a subdivision shape to existing geometry

Learn more

• Transform Cage

• Project Cage

• Delete

• Split Face

• Subdivide Face

• Merge Face

• Sew Cage

• Delete Constraint

• Set Weight

• Set Continuity

• Split Subdivision Body

• Merge Subdivision Bodies

• Export OBJ File

Look up more details

• Connect Cage dialog box

Quick links

• Browse NX help by product area

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