73.1 Understanding the role of the Set and Surface toolsets

The Set and Surface toolsets are collections of tools that allow you to create and manage sets and surfaces. You can use these tools to perform the following tasks:

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,” Section 73.3.1
“Creating sets,” Section 73.3.2
“Creating surfaces,” Section 73.3.3
“Performing Boolean operations on sets or surfaces,” Section 73.3.4
“Editing sets and surfaces,” Section 73.3.5
“Associating objects (such as loads and sections) with sets and surfaces,” Section 73.3.6