PointsOn

Toolbar Menu Shortcut Alias

Curve Tools

Geometry Fix

Main

Main2

Organic

Point Edit

STL Tools

Surface Tools

SubD Sidebar

Edit

Control Points >

Control Points On

F10

POn

The PointsOn command displays control points.

Control points are coefficients of NURBS basis functions. Sometimes also called control vertex or node.

Control points are used as "grips" on objects such as curves, surfaces, lights, hatch boundaries, and dimensions and cannot be separated from their objects.

Steps

To select a loop of NURBS or SubD control points

Turn on Make control polygon pickable in Options > Mouse for loop selection to work.

Note

Related commands

PointsOff

Toolbar Menu Shortcut Alias

Curve Tools

Curve Drawing

Extract Mesh

Geometry Fix

Main

Main1

Main2

Organic

Point Edit

Render Sidebar

Solids Sidebar

STL Tools

Surface Tools

SubD Sidebar

Edit

Control Points >

Control Points Off

F11

POff

The PointsOff command turns off control points and edit points display.

PtOffSelected

Toolbar Menu

Point Edit

Not on menus.

The PtOffSelected command turns off control points and edit points for selected objects.

SolidPtOn

Toolbar Menu

Solid Tools

Solid

Solid Edit Tools >

Turn On Points

The SolidPtOn command turns on grips at the ends of surface and joined polysurface edges, including closed solids.

EditPtOn

Toolbar Menu

Main

Main1

Point Edit

SubD Sidebar

Edit

Control Points >

Show Edit Points

The EditPtOn command displays edit points on curves or SubDs.

Input

To select a loop of SubD edit points

Turn off Allow selecting objects with points on in Options > Mouse for loop selection to work.

See also

Draw lines and curves

 

 

 

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