Blend - 3 faces

See also: Faces Blend , Faces / Curve Blend

Menu access: Shape | Other shapes | Blend

Description:

Allows you to create a fillet surface tangent to 3 surfaces.

General philosophy:

1. Select on the  3 FACES BLEND button.

2. Select the first face for the left side and choose the direction for the blend (the arrows is pointed towards the inside of the blend).

3. Select the other faces for the left side (they must be part of the same element than the fist face).

4. Select the first face for the center side and choose the direction for the blend.

5. Select the other faces for the left side.

6. Select the first face for the right side and choose the direction for the blend.

7. Select the other faces for the right side.

8. Select a curve (or edge) that will be use to define the blend sections (planes orthogonal to this curve).

Available option(s):

The option  FOLLOW TANGENT FACES= YES  or  NO  allows you to automatically select all the tangent faces from the selected one.

You can choose the blend type for the blend:  Type= BALL or  DISK.

Example(s):

In this example, the red edge is used as reference to define the planes of the blend sections.

Specific point(s):

Each selection group (left, center and right) must be done on a single element. You cannot select for one side, faces from several elements.