Enhancements to Multi-Surface Blend tools

Ability to select free curves in Freeform Blend and Profile Blend

The Surfaces > Multi-Surface Blend > Freeform Blend and Surfaces > Multi-Surface Blend > Profile Blend tools now let you select free curves as input. If the curves are tangent continuous (G1), you can select several of them for each side.

If a rail is made up entirely of free curves, that side reverts to G0 Position continuity. As well, Edge align is not possible on that side. If a rail is made up of both free curves and surface curves, then up to G1 Tangent continuity is allowed on that side. Edge align can be attempted only for the surface curve sections.

New Crown option for Freeform Blend

When building freeform blends with continuity set to G0 Position on both sides, the crown option lets you add small amounts of crown to the flat blends. Turning on Proportional Crown gives you access to the Crown Value slider. The slider ranges from -0.25 to 0.25, but larger values can be entered into the field. The crown value controls the height of the crown, and corresponds to a percentage of the distance between the two rails.

Position continuous freeform blend without a crown

Position continuous freeform blend with a crown value of -0.2