Creating a Curve on Mesh

Curve on Mesh creates or edits a curve lying on a single mesh, a surface or a solid.

  1. Select the support: A mesh, a surface or a solid.
  2. Pick the support to create split points of the curve.
  3. Right-click a split point and select a continuity from the context toolbar.

    Tip: Press Ctrl+Shift to visualize all continuities.

  4. Place the pointer near a split point.
    1. Drag the split point to another location.
    2. Edit the tangent ratio and orientation.
  5. Move the pointer over a section of the curve.

    indicates a dominant curve, a non-dominant one.

  6. Right-click the symbol to switch to the other status.
  7. As you create the curve, click Edit Distance in the context toolbar to adjust the parameters, and clear the Curve Optimization check box (To improve computation time).
  8. Pick an existing 3D point, a curve, a plane, or an edge to constrain each curve endpoint.
  9. Right-click the final point and click Close Curve context toolbar to create a closed curve.

 

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Creating a Curve on Mesh