About Order and Segments

Order and segments are an important part of Power Fit and Surfaces Network outputs.

See Also
Creating Surfaces with Power Fit
About Power Fit
Creating a Network of Surfaces

These parameters apply globally to the surface computed. They are maximum values.

The proposed number of segments is 64. Themaximum number is 2048. The actual values are computed automatically by the command.

Power Fit and Surfaces Network create a NURBS surface, controlled by the Tolerance, the number of segments and their order. Whenever possible, this surface consists of one single segment, otherwise, it is made of several segments.

This surface may then be trimmed by the curves.



You can increase the order of the segments, thus reducing their number, or vice versa.

If the number of segments is x, this means that the computed surface consists of a maximum of x segments, or less.

If the order of segments is y, this means that each segment has a maximum number of y control points in each direction, or less. The segment order may vary from 3 to 15.

Important:
  • Increasing the order of the segments may result in an oscillating surface, even if this is not visible.
  • Go to Results/Display, and select the Segmentation check box to display the segmentation of the computed surface.