Understanding the role of the Set and Surface toolsets

Create

Create a set or surface by selecting a group of entities, such as faces and edges.

Edit

Modify a set or surface by selecting entities to add to it or to delete from it.

Rename

Replace the current name of an existing set or surface with a new name.

Delete

Delete a set or surface from the model.

In addition, you can use the Model Tree to merge a group of selected sets and surfaces into a new set or surface. For detailed instructions on creating and manipulating sets and surfaces, see the following sections:

• Creating, editing, copying, renaming, and deleting sets and surfaces

• Creating sets

• Creating surfaces

• Performing Boolean operations on sets or surfaces

• Editing sets and surfaces

• Associating objects (such as loads and sections) with sets and surfaces