User Guide
User Guide
User Guide

Modify Surfaces tool box

The tools in the Modify Surfaces tool box are used to create new surfaces from the union, intersection, or difference between surfaces; to trim, extend, stitch, split, punch, or extrude surfaces; or to change B-spline specific attributes.

To

Select in the Modify Surfaces tool box

Trim two elements to their common intersection.

 
 
Construct Trim

Punch a hole in a surface, or to project a B-spline curve onto a surface.

 
 
Project Trim

Switch between surface types, or add caps to extrusions and surfaces of revolution.

 
 
Convert 3D

To stitch two surfaces together to form a single surface.

 
 
Construct Stitch

Change the normal direction of a surface element.

 
 
Change Normal Direction

Reverse the sense of the boundaries of a B-spline surface.

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Remove one or all boundaries (holes) from a B-spline surface.

 
 
Untrim Surface

Change a surface's B-spline-specific attributes to the active B-spline settings.

 
 
Change to Active Surface Settings

Split, or break, an element into two separate surfaces.

 
 
Split Surface

Construct a B-spline surface extension to an element.

 
 
Extend Surface

Rebuild a B-spline surface.

 
 
Rebuild Surface

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