About Shape Mapping

A set of surfaces is first projected onto a reference surface and then mapped onto a target. The projection direction can be normal to the reference or along a specified direction.

The shape of the mapped geometry is adapted and scaled to fit the target.

Important: Normal and UV orientation of the target are taken into account when mapping. If necessary, these parameters can be modified using the Invert shell normal and Swap UV options of the Invert command to obtain the desired result.

You can optimize the result using the following options in the Shape Mapping dialog box:

Translation

The distance between result and target equals the distance between input element and reference.

Rotation

The angle between result and target equals the angle between input element and reference.

Control Point

Only control points covering the reference are modified, geometry areas outside the reference remain unchanged.

Smooth Factor

Specifies a smooth factor for an enhanced control point distribution.

Warning: G0 continuity between the resulting elements among each other and the target can get lost.

Min. Order

Specifies the minimum order of the input elements which is adopted by the result. The order of the input elements is increased until this value if it is below.

Crop

Crops underlying surfaces of mapped faces to its minimal extent.