Surface >> Create >> Blend >> Use Curves

• Surface >> Create >> Blend >> Use Curves command creates a blended surface smoothly connecting two curves while preserving continuity to the polygon on which two curves are placed.

Step   

Execute Surface >> Create >> Blend >> Use Curves command as follows:

1. Select Surface >> Create >> Blend >> Use Curves from the menu or click the corresponding icon from the Surface1 toolbar.

2. Pick two curves to be connected with a blending surface.

3. During the curve selection process, if viewpoint change is required, select Pause on the right mouse popup menu.

   

             After changing the viewpoint, select Pause again to return to the selection mode.

4. If two curves are selected, the following dialog box appears right away.

   

    Control Points is the number of control points in U-direction ( Selected curve direction )

    In Surface >> Create >> Blend >> Use Curves operation, G1 continuity is always guaranteed among the connecting curves.

5. Press OK to complete this operation.

 

Result

• A new surface appears in the shape of quad mesh, and it is added to Surfaces node in the project tree window and the current layer in the layer window.

• The shape of the generated surface can be effectively checked with the rendering function. ( See Surface >> Property >> Render )