Curve From Object toolbar
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Project
Project curves/points toward a construction plane to intersect a surface, polysurface, mesh, or SubD.
![Toolbar: Curve from Object | Curve Tools](../image/command_icons/project_loose_rt.png)
Project, Loose
Project curves/points toward a construction plane to intersect a surface using the Loose option.
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Pull
Moves curves and points toward the normal direction of a surface, mesh, polysurface, or SubD to find intersections.
![Toolbar: Curve from Object | Curve Tools](../image/command_icons/pull_loose_rt.png)
Pull, Loose
Pull curves/points in the surface normal direction to intersect a surface using the Loose option.
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DupEdge
Create a curve that copies a surface edge.
![](../image/command_icons/dupmeshedge_rt.png)
DupMeshEdge
Creates a polyline that duplicates the edge of a mesh.
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DupBorder
Create a curve or polyline that copies a surface, polysurface, or mesh border.
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DupFaceBorder
Creates a curve that copies a polysurface face border.
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ExtractIsocurve
Duplicate surface isoparametric curves.
![Toolbar: Curve Tools | Curve from Object](../image/command_icons/moveextractedisocurve_rt.png)
MoveExtractedIsocurve
Allows moving an isocurve extracted with the ExtractIsocurve command on the surface it was extracted from.
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ExtractWireframe
Duplicate surface or polysurface edge and isoparametric curves.
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BlendCrv, Edges
Create a blend curve between two surface edges maintaining continuity.
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Intersect
Create point objects or curves at the intersections of curves and surfaces.
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IntersectTwoSets
Find the intersection of one set of objects with another set of objects.
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Contour
Creates planar curves, points, or hatches by intersecting evenly spaced planes with the input objects.
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Section
Creates planar curves, points, or hatches by intersecting a plane with the input objects.
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ShortPath
Create the shortest possible curve (geodesic) between two points on a surface.
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Silhouette
Create outline curves from a surface or polysurface.
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ExtractPt
Duplicate curve control or edit points, surface control points, and mesh vertices.
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PointCloudSection
Create a planar curve by intersecting a plane with points or pointcloud objects.
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CreateUVCrv
Project a surface boundary and trim curves onto the world xy plane.
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ApplyCrv
Wrap a curve onto a surface.
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MeshOutline
Create a polyline outline of mesh objects or surface render mesh.
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Make2D
Project geometry to the construction plane.
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FitCurveToSurface
Projects or pulls a curve onto a surface and transfers the knot parameterization in the U or V direction to the new curve.