FlowAlongSrf

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Deformation Tools Main Main1 Transform	Transform Flow along Surface

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Flow along Surface

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The FlowAlongSrf command morphs objects from a source surface to a target surface.

Steps

Select objects.
Select the edge of the base surface near a corner.
Select the edge of the target surface near a matching corner.

Command-line options
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.
Rigid	Specifies that individual objects will not be deformed as they are transformed. The illustration shows the Rigid option with the Bend command. Yes Individual objects will not change, only their positions will change. No Individual objects are transformed as well as their positions. Original objects (left), Rigid=No (center), Rigid=Yes (right).
Plane	Draw a plane instead of using an existing surface as the base objects. See the Rectangle command for detailed option descriptions.

Command-line options

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.

Rigid

Specifies that individual objects will not be deformed as they are transformed.

The illustration shows the Rigid option with the Bend command.

Yes

Individual objects will not change, only their positions will change.

No

Individual objects are transformed as well as their positions.

Original objects (left), Rigid=No (center), Rigid=Yes (right).

Plane

Draw a plane instead of using an existing surface as the base objects.

See the Rectangle command for detailed option descriptions.

FlowAlongSrf

Steps

Yes

No

See also