Using Explicit Controls on Flange Surfaces

You can define various parameters to influence the flange properties.

See Also
About Creating Surfaces from Curves
About Approximation
  1. Create a flange surface as described before.


    By default, the flange surface is created with the Flow option Natural, that is a vector normal to the guide curve tangent defines the direction in each point of the guide curve.

    If an angle unequal 0deg is defined, the rotation axis is the tangent in each point of the guide curve.

  2. Select Flow Parallel.


    The OmniPlane y-axis defines the flange or blend surface direction in each point of the guide curve.
  3. Select Crowning and specify a draft angle unequal 0.


    The flange surface is overcrowned and the basic order 2 in cross direction automatically increased to 3.
  4. Select Tubing.


    By default, the flange surface is created as an open tubing surface with an angle of 90deg. The order in cross direction is increased to 6.
  5. Specify a radius of 350deg to created a closed tubing surface.


  6. Select Accelerated and specify a Distance.
    The flange edge opposite to the guide curve is moved in edge normal direction by the specified Distance.

    You can specify a continuity from G1 to G3 in cross direction to the guide curve.



    G1



    G2



    G3

    Note: This option is available for the flange surface type Surface Curve only.