Surface Morphing

Purpose:

This command allows user to morph a surface to new position. There are 3 methods included in this dialog for surface morphing: surface morphing by surface point, surface morphing by control point, surface morphing by profile curve.

Function:

Surface_point : Pick a surface point to select a surface and drag this point to a new position for surface morphing.

Control_point : Select a surface , the control point of this surface will show, pick the control point to morph the surface.

Profile_curve : Select a surface, the initial profile curves will generate acoording to the specified curve number. Drag the profile curve to a new position for surface morphing.

Sample:

Surface morphing by surface point : A tutorial to combine multiple surfaces into a single surface.

Surface morphing by surface control point : A tutorial to combine multiple surfaces into a single surface.

Surface morphing by profile curve : A tutorial to combine multiple surfaces into a single surface.

Surface_point

dialog
  • Picked/morphed point : Use General Selection Interface to select a curve, the ID number of this curve will show in the textefield.

  • Morphing direction : The segment is morphed by constraint of weighted smooth.

  • Distance : The segment is morphed by constraint of general smooth.

  • Reverse : The segment is morphed to be a polyline.

  • Increment : The plane with normal (dx, dy, dz) which the new segment locates on.

  • + : Enter the morphing direction vector (dx, dy, dz) in global coordinate.
  • - : Enter the morphing direction vector (dx, dy, dz) in global coordinate.
  • Apply : Add the morphed curve into database.

  • Undo : Undo segment morphing.

  • Close : Close this dialog.

Control_point

dialog
  • Define direction(dx, dy, dz) : if this checkobx is check, the three textfields will be activated. Enter a new morphing direction (dx, dy, dz) in global coordinate.

  • Edit plane normal : The edit plane is the plane which the picked control point locates on. Enter (nx, ny, nz) in global coordinate for the plane normal..

  • Single : Select single control point for curve morphing.

  • Multiple : Select multiple contrl points for curve morphing.

  • Hide control points : Check this checkbox to hide the control points.

  • Deselect : Deslect a picked control point.

  • Reset : Reset the curve to be original position.

  • Apply : Disable for this option.

  • Undo : Undo curve morphing.

  • Close : Close the dialog.

Profile_curve

dialog
  • Profile curve number :Specify the number of profile curve in surface u-direction and v-direction.

  • Move end : Select a end point of one profile curve, move the slider bar , the selected end point will move along the boundary line.

  • New profile : Create new profile curve. Click this button, then pick two points continuously to create a profile curve.
  • Del profile : Delete a profile curve. Click this button and select a profile to delete.

 

  • XZ : Mesh and surface section line in XOZ plane will be displayed.

 

  • YZ : Mesh and surface section line in XOZ plane will be displayed

 

  • Apply : Disable for this option.

  • Undo : Undo surface morphing.

  • Close : Close the dialog.