Creating a Surface on a Support Surface

You can select a support surface when creating a surface with the OmniSurf command.

Before you begin: Open a 3D Shape containing curves and surfaces.
See Also
About Creating Surfaces from Curves
About Approximation
  1. From the Surfacing section of the action bar, click OmniSurf or in the work area, press c + right-click and select OmniSurf in the crown menu.
  2. Select a curve.


    In the selector panel, the surface type Curve is selected.
  3. In the work area, panel, click at the input curve and select a surface.
  4. Click OK in the selector panel.
    The flange surface is created from the projection of the input curve on the support surface.

  5. Restart OmniSurf and select a surface edge.
    The surface is automatically selected as support. The minus handle indicates that a support surface is already selected.

  6. Click to clear the selection, select another support surface, and click OK in the selector panel.
    The flange surface is created on the support surface from the projection of the input surface edge.