Creating a Curves Network

Use Curves Network to create a network of constrained curves as a feature. Curves Network is available from the action bar, or within Surfaces Network.

  1. Under Preparation, select the curves.

    They can be a set of curves, surface edges, face boundaries, or another curves network.

  2. To remove a curve from the list, do one of the following:
    1. Pick the curve again in the work area.
    2. Pick the curve again in the tree.
    3. Right-click the curve and select Remove.
  3. Optional: Select a support mesh.
  4. Set the parameters.
  5. Go to Freeze to confirm frozen curves,
  6. Click a curve in the 3D area to change its status.
    The display is updated.
  7. Click Apply.
  8. Optional: Under Preparation, select and delete loops as required.
  9. Go to Analyze
    1. Select the Sharp/Smooth edges check box to display edges according to their continuity.

      • Sharp edges (with G0 continuity) are displayed in black.
      • Smooth edges (with G1 continuity) are displayed in gray.
      Note: The Sharp/Smooth status of standard edges can only be changed in Surfaces Network.

    2. Select the Curve-curves deviation check box to display the distance between the curves network and the input curves.
    3. Select the Curves-polygon deviation check box to display the maximum distance between the curves network and the support mesh.
    4. Click Deviation Analysis to access the corresponding parameters.
  10. Confirm the creation of the curves network.
  11. Optional: To edit an existing curves network.
    1. Switch to manual update mode, for better performances.
    2. Do one of the following:

      • Replace the support mesh to fit to the latest version of the mesh.
      • Remove or add previously created curves.
      Recommendation:
      • Create additional curves lying on curves (and not on previous curves network).
      • Restore the visibility of all the unput curves in on click using Hide/Show Inputs from the context menu of the curves network.

    3. Validate.