Creates a surface across a set of curves.
Select this option to raise or lower the midpoint of the surface between two input curve sets so that the height or crown of the surface is proportional to the distance between the curves. This option is not available when more than two curve sets are selected.
Select this option to specify the exact degree and number of spans in the new surface(s).
Select this option to display the maximum deviation indicator (displays only if Deviation is not 0).
If this option is selected, selecting a surface curve also selects all other surface curves that are tangent continuous with it.
These options are availably only when Explicit Control is selected.
The degree of the new skinned surface in the U and V directions. Values range from 1 to 7.
The number of spans for the skin surface in the U and V direction.
Defines the extent of the surface through a snapping point on each input curve set. You can define the range manipulator snapping points to be at the following locations:
Default – The extent of the surface is defined as the closest point from one curve set endpoint to the second curve set. This maintains the control layout "normal to curve sets.
Extend – The end of the surface can be extended to match the endpoint of the opposite surface. This also maintains the control layout "normal" to curve sets.
Connect Ends – The endpoint of the initial curves set is connected to the endpoint of the second curve set. This is the default construction.
Select this option to use range manipulators to define a portion of each curve set as input for the surface.
Single Surface – A single skin surface is built.
Multiple Surfaces – A separate surface is created for each of the input curves you selected, and the surfaces are grouped.
This option only appears if Surface Type is set to Multiple Surfaces. If it is selected, each surface will be a Bézier patch.
Bézier patches have a single span, and their maximum degree in the U direction is set through the Explicit Control section.
In the case of cross-knot insertion, the system will not allow spans of a length smaller than the Short Edge Tolerance.
Open – Leave the resulting surface open.
Closed – Connect the first curve to the last curve to create a closed (periodic) surface.
Automatically update the surface as curves are added.
Select this option to see the level of continuity between the newly created surface(s) and the original surface(s).
P – Positional continuity
T – Tangent continuity
C – Curvature continuity
Save the history of the new surface for later editing. If you turn Create History on, when you modify the curves that were used to create the surface, the surface updates.