<< Prev Next >>

Updating Surfaces

Important!All surfaces will update when their curves are updated. To change the shape of the curve a surface is made of, you need to click the curve, not the surface.

Warning!: once a curve has been assigned to a surface, it is still not possible to properly change its number of sides. Also, it is not possible to change the number of sides of a surface. We are going to add this features in one of the upcoming versions 1.3.x, before the release of version 1.4.

Revolution Surface

Click on the path the Revolution Surface is made of to edit it.

The Rotation Axis appears in scene as a green line with an upper green handle and a lower blue handle. There is also a Transform Tool in the middle. You can edit and interact with the axis by using any of the handles in scene.

Editing Revolution Surface

Click on the surface of the Revolution Surface to interact with it.

Flip Surface: flips the side of the surface, by flipping its normals and changing the side its polygons are watching

Cancel Surface: cancel this surface, freeing the paths its made of

Convert into Curved Poly: transform this surface into a regular Curved Poly Shape, which can edited from the other tools.

Center: use this to edit the center of the curved tube

Rotate: rotate the surface (and its paths) around the Center.

Loft Surface

Click on one of the paths the Loft Surface is made of to edit them.

Click on the surface of the Loft to interact with it.

Flip Surface: flips the side of the surface, by flipping its normals and changing the side its polygons are watching

Cancel Surface: cancel this surface, freeing the paths its made of

Convert into Curved Poly: transform this surface into a regular Curved Poly Shape, which can edited from the other tools.

Center: use this to edit the center of the loft surface.

Rotate: rotate the surface (and its paths) around the Center.

Scale: scale the surface (and its paths) with respect to the Center.

Curved Tube Surface

Click on one of the paths the Curved Tube is made of to edit them.

Click on the surface of the Curved Tube to interact with it.

Flip Surface: flips the side of the surface, by flipping its normals and changing the side its polygons are watching

Cancel Surface: cancel this surface, freeing the paths its made of

Convert into Curved Poly: transform this surface into a regular Curved Poly Shape, which can edited from the other tools.

Center: use this to edit the center of the curved tube

Rotate: rotate the surface (and its paths) around the Center.

Scale: scale the surface (and its paths) with respect to the Center.

<< Prev Next >>