Free Shape Design

The Free Shape Design section of the action bar provides commands for creating and modifying surfaces.



Apply Design Space specifications

Applies design space specifications and prepares the new shape for validation.

See Extracting Frozen Regions.


IMA - Tube Drawing
Creates tubular surfaces from sections drawn on a support.
See Creating Tubular Surfaces.


IMA - Strip Drawing
Creates stripped surfaces from sections drawn on a support.
See Creating Stripped Surfaces.


Sphere
See Flyout for Creating Primitives.


IMA - Link
Associates a subdivision surface to a point, a curve or another subdivision surface to deform the subdivision surface.
See Associating Elements.


IMA - Symmetry
Creates a symmetry of a subdivision surface.
See Performing a Symmetry.


IMA - Creation Match Surface
Creates a matching constraint between the edge of a subdivision and a curve.


IMA - Modification
Modifies styling curves or subdivision surfaces.
See Modifying and Deforming Surfaces Using the Tools Palette.


IMA - Merge
Merges two subdivision surfaces at their open edges.
See Merging Subdivision Surfaces.


IMA - Extrusion
Extrudes faces and edges.
See Extruding.
IMA - Creation Match Surface
Creates a matching constraint between the edge of a subdivision and a curve.


IMA - Face Cutting
Cuts faces in two or more parts.
See Cutting Faces.


IMA - Face Subdivision
Creates a set of faces inside a face.
See Subdividing Faces.


IMA - Erasing
Erases faces or edges.
See Erasing Faces and Edges.


IMA - Import Subdivision Meshes
Imports subdivision surfaces from .obj files.


IMA - Mesh Tools
Modifies the mesh.


IMA - Fitting Mesh
Fits the subdivision surface on a target surface.


IMA - Cut by Edges
Cuts a subdivision surface by one or more edges to modify the existing mesh or create sub-parts of the mesh.
See Cutting a Subdivision Surface by an Edge.


IMA - Control of Dimension
Modifies the dimensions of a subdivision surface.
See Dimensioning Subdivisions.


IMA - Working Zone
Defines a working area that contains the elements to use when performing a modification.
See Defining the Working Zone.

Flyout for Creating Primitives



IMA - Sphere
Creates a sphere.
See Creating a Sphere.


IMA - Cylinder
Creates a sphere with a weight applied on top and bottom edges.
See Creating a Cylinder.


IMA - Box
Creates a sphere with a weight applied on all edges and vertices.
See Creating a Box.


IMA - Pyramid
Creates a surface made of three triangular equilateral surfaces.
See Creating a Pyramid.


IMA - Torus
Creates a surface made of boxes connected along a circle.
See Creating a Torus.