SoftEditSrf

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Soft Edit

The SoftEditSrf command moves the surface area surrounding the selected point smoothly relative to the distance from selected point.

Note

  • Editing is done by moving the selected point.
  • This location on the surface is moved, and the move is smoothly tapered off with increasing distance along the surface from this point.

Steps

  1. Select a surface.
  2. Click a base point.
  3. Pick a point to move to.
  4. Press Enter to end the command.

Note

  • The selection point snaps to the closest edit point.
  • Corresponding control points of the curve/surface are moved.
Command-line option

U_Distance/
V_Distance

Distance in the u or v direction influenced by the move.

Copy

Specifies whether or not the objects are copied. A plus sign appears at the cursor when copy mode is on. The RememberCopyOptions command determines whether the selected option is used as the default.

FixEdges

Keeps edge locations fixed.

DirConstraint

Constrains the direction of the move.

None

Allows free movement.

SrfNormal

Constrains movement normal to the surface.

UTangent

Constrains the surface tangent to the surface u direction.

VTangent

Constrains the surface tangent to the surface v direction.

See also

Edit surfaces

Wikipedia: Tangent