Curve Tools toolbar

ClosedTo open a toolbar

Toolbars can be opened as a free-standing group or added to the current group.

To open a toolbar as a free-standing group

1. Click the Options icon in any toolbar group.

2. On the menu, click Show Toolbar, and then select the toolbar name from the list.

To open a toolbar as a new tab in the current group

1. Click the Options icon in the toolbar group where you want to add the new tab.

2. On the menu, click Show or Hide Tabs, and then select the toolbar name from the list.

ArcBlend

Create an arc blend curve between two curves.

BlendCrv

Connect two curves with continuity control.

Blend

Connect two curves maintaining continuity.

Chamfer

Create a line segment between two curves and trims or extends the curves to meet it.

Chamfer, Repeat

Repeats the Chamfer command until canceled.

ChangeDegree

Change the degree of the polynomial that defines the curve or surface by adding or subtracting control points between knot spans, while maintaining the knot structure.

CloseCrv

Close open curves.

ContinueCurve

Continue to draw the selected curve using control points.

ContinueInterpCrv

Continue to draw the selected curve interpolating through picked points.

Convert, Curve to polyline

Change a curve to polyline segments.

Convert, Curve to arcs

Change a curve to arc segments.

Crv2View

Create a curve by averaging two input curves that are planar in two different views.

CrvSeam

Change the seam (start/end) location on closed curves.

CSec

Create cross-section curves through profile curves.

CurveBoolean

Trim, split, and join curves based on their overlapping regions.

DeleteSubCrv

Remove a portion of a curve that is between two locations.

Extend

Lengthen a curve.

Link to Extend toolbar

ExtractSubCrv

Separate or duplicate polycurve segments.

Fair

Remove large curvature variations in a curve while limiting the geometry changes to the specified tolerance.

Fillet

Add an arc between two curves and trims or extends the curves to the arc.

Fillet, Repeat

Repeats the Fillet command until canceled.

FilletCorners

Round polyline corners with arcs.

FitCrv

Make a non-rational NURBS curve of a specified degree that matches the input curve to within the specified tolerance.

InsertLineIntoCrv

Flatten the curve segment between picked points.

MakePeriodic

Remove the kink from the start/end of a curve or surface.

MakeNonPeriodic

Insert a kink at the start/end of a curve or surface.

MakeUniform

Make the object knot vectors uniform without changing the control point locations.

Match

Change a curve end to meet another curve or surface edge with a specified continuity.

MatchCrvDir

Change a curve's direction to match another curve's direction.

Offset

Copy a curve parallel to the original.

OffsetCrvOnSrf

Copy a curve on a surface parallel to the original.

OffsetNormal

Copy a curve on a surface parallel to the original in the surface normal direction.

PointsOn

Display curve and surface control points.

Link to Point Edit toolbar

PointsOff

Turn off control, edit, and solid points display.

Project

Project curves/points toward a construction plane to intersect a surface.

Link to Curve From Object toolbar

Project, Loose

Project curves/points toward a construction plane to intersect a surface using the Loose option.

Rebuild

Reconstruct curves, surfaces, and extrusion objects to a specified degree and control point number.

Rebuild, SelectMasterCurve

Rebuild curves to match a master curve.

RebuildCrvNonUniform

Interactively modify selected curves by non-uniformly re-spacing the control points.

SimplifyCrv

Replace each curve segment that has the geometry of a line or an arc with a true line or arc.

SubCrv

Shorten a curve to the new picked endpoints.

Symmetry

Mirror a copy of a curve or surface with continuity.

TweenCurves

Create curves between two open or closed input curves.

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