About Concept Surfaces

A concept surface consists of a Section Set, a Link Set, and a Face Set.

Section Set

When creating a concept surface, two sections are created from a sketch at the start and end point of the guide curve.

Modifications of the sketch are transferred to the associated sections.

You can add sections by duplicating a section. A duplicated section is associated to the sketch of the selected original section.

You also can duplicate sketches and assign sections to them.

Link Set

Link Sets contain Link Outputs with link curves connecting the sections. You can modify the link curve tangents and thus modify the concept surface shape.

Face Set

Face Sets contain the Face Outputs with the surfaces defined by the sections and link curves. You can modify the concept surface shape by translating the surfaces.

The input geometry to be selected depends on the selected scenario:

Scenario - Input	First Point	Second Point	Guide Curve	Start Section	End Section
Guide curve + sketch/section	Start point of the curve	End point of the curve	Input guide curve	Created from input sketch/section	Created from input sketch/section
Two positions/body points	Created/used from first input	Created/used from second input	Connection between the points	Default section	Default section
Sketch/section	Sketch/section origin	First point copied and extruded 100mm normal to the section plane	Connection between the points	Created from input sketch/section	Created from input sketch/section
Position on plane/surface	Created from input position	First point copied and extruded 100mm normal to the tangent plane of the surface at the input	Connection between the points	From a sketch to be created	Sketch from the start section