Shape Design Section

The Shape Design section of the action bar provides commands from Generative Shape Design and FreeStyle Shape Design for creating and modifying geometry.

This page discusses:

Flyout for Extremum
Flyout for Line
Flyout for Circle
Flyout for Spline
Flyout for Boundary
Flyout for Join
Flyout for Projection
Flyout for Parallel Curve
Flyout for Extrapolate
Flyout for Split
Flyout for Extrude
Flyout for Multi-Sections Surface
Flyout for Shape Fillet


	Extremum See Flyout for Extremum.
	Line See Flyout for Line.
	Circle See Flyout for Circle.
	Spline See Flyout for Spline.
	3D Curve Creates a 3D curve using control points, possibly on a support element. See Creating 3D Curves.
	Boundary See Flyout for Boundary.
	Join See Flyout for Join.
	Projection See Flyout for Projection.
	Intersection Creates wireframe geometry by intersecting elements. See Creating Intersections.
	Parallel Curve See Flyout for Parallel Curve.
	Extrapolate See Flyout for Extrapolate.
	Split See Flyout for Split.
	Extrude See Flyout for Extrude.
	Multi-Sections Surface See Flyout for Multi-Sections Surface.
	Sweep Creates a swept surface by sweeping out a profile in planes normal to a spine curve. See Creating Swept Surfaces.
	Offset Creates a surface that is offset from a reference surface. See Creating Offset Surfaces.
	Shape Fillet See Flyout for Shape Fillet.

Flyout for Extremum


	Extremum Creates elements at the minimum or maximum distance on a curve, a surface, or a pad. See Creating Extremum Elements.
	Extremum Polar Creates an element of extremum radius or angle, on a planar contour. See Creating Polar Extremum Elements.

Flyout for Line


	Line Creates a line. See Creating Lines.
	Axis Create an axis feature from an element. See Creating an Axis.
	Polyline Creates a broken line made of several connected segments. See Creating Polylines.

Flyout for Circle


	Circle Creates circles and circular arcs. See Creating Circles.
	Corner Creates a corner between two curves or between a point and a curve. See Creating Corners.
	Connect Curve Creates a connecting curve between two curves. See Creating Connect Curves.
	Conic Creates conics. See Creating Conic Curves.

Flyout for Spline


	Spline Creates spline curves. See Creating Splines.
	Helix Creates a helical curve. See Creating a Helix.
	Spiral Creates curves in the shape of spirals in 2D plane. See Creating Spirals.
	Spine Creates spines normal to a list of ordered planes or planar curves. See Creating a Spine.
	Contour Creates contour geometry from a set of curves on surface. See Creating Contours.
	Isoparametric Curve Creates an isoparametric curve. See Creating Isoparametric Curves on Surfaces.
	Curve from Equations Creates a parametric curve from three Cartesian equations. See Creating a Curve from Equations.

Flyout for Boundary


	Boundary Creates the boundary curve of a surface or the boundary point of a curve by selecting a surface edge or a surface. See Creating Boundaries.
	Extract Extracts a face or a surface edge. See Extracting Elements.
	Multiple Extract Extracts sub-elements that are joined into one element. See Extracting Sub-Elements.

Flyout for Join


	Join Assemble adjacent curves or surfaces to one element. See Joining Curves or Surfaces.
	Curve Smooth Fills the gaps and smoothes tangency and curvature discontinuities. See Smoothing Curves.

Flyout for Projection


	Projection Creates geometry by projecting one or more elements onto a support. See Creating Projections.
	Combine Creates a curve resulting from the intersection of the extrusion of two curves. See Creating Combined Curves.
	Reflect Line Creates open or closed reflect lines. See Creating Reflect Lines.
	Silhouette Creates a silhouette on a support along a direction or from an origin. See Creating Silhouettes.

Flyout for Parallel Curve


	Parallel Curve Creates a curve parallel to a reference curve. See Creating Parallel Curves.
	Rolling Offset Creates a rolling curve at a required offset distance from a reference curve. See Creating a Rolling Offset.
	3D Curve Offset Creates a 3D curve offset from a reference curve. See Creating a 3D Curve Offset.

Flyout for Extrapolate


	Extrapolate Extrapolates a surface at one or several boundaries or a curve. See Extrapolating Geometry.
	Invert Orientation Inverts the orientation of a surface or curve. See Inverting the Orientation of Geometry.
	Near / Far Creates a nearest or farthest entity of a multiple element. See Creating the Nearest or the Farthest Entity of a Multiple Element.

Flyout for Split


	Split Splits a surface or wireframe element using a cutting element. See Splitting Geometry.
	Trim Trims two or more surface or wireframe elements by cutting each other mutually. See Trimming Geometry.

Flyout for Extrude


	Extrude Creates an extruded surface by extruding a profile along a given direction. See Creating Extruded Surfaces.
	Revolve Creates a revolution surface by revolving a planar profile about an axis. See Creating Revolved Surfaces.
	Sphere Creates a spherical surface. See Creating Spherical Surfaces.
	Cylinder Creates a cylindrical surface by extruding a circle along a given direction. See Creating Cylindrical Surfaces.

Flyout for Multi-Sections Surface


	Multi-Sections Surface Creates a multi-section surface by sweeping one or more section curves along an automatically computed or user-defined spine. See Working with Multi-Sections Surfaces.
	Blend Creates a blended surface between two wireframe elements. See Creating Blended Surfaces.

Flyout for Shape Fillet


	Shape Fillet Creates a shape fillet between two (bitangent fillet) or three (tritangent fillet) surfaces. See Creating Bitangent Shape Fillets.
	Edge Fillet Creates a radius fillet with a constant radius or variable radii. See Creating Edge Fillets.