Creating Junctions

Junction lets you create junction surfaces between existing surfaces. These surfaces must have been created from contours provided these are not closed.

Before you begin:

Create a 3D shape containing surface boundaries or contours on lying on surfaces.

  1. Select two sections.
    The coupling curves on which the junction surface is based are displayed between the two sections.
  2. Select another section.
    The new coupling curves are now displayed.
  3. Click within the Coupling Point area and select a point on the section on which you want to redefine a new passing point for the coupling curve.
  4. Click Preview.

    By default, the coupling curves and the junction surface are tangent to the contour plane's normal.

  5. Click OK to create the junction surface.

Important:
  • You can select an arbitrary number of sections.
  • There is no specific selection order. You can select sections randomly and obtain the same result.
  • The user-defined coupling curves must end on sections.
  • You cannot use a coupling point and a user-defined coupling curve ending on this coupling point.

 

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