Change a curve or surface’s degree or number of spans/patches

Change a curve’s degree or overall number of spans

1. Select the curve.
2. Choose Edit Curves > Rebuild Curve > .

   The Rebuild Curve options window appears.

3. Set Rebuild Type to Uniform.
4. Set the Number of Spans and Degree options.

Change a surface’s degree or overall number of patches

1. Select the surface.
2. Choose Edit NURBS > Rebuild Surfaces > .
3. Set Rebuild Type to Uniform.
4. Set the Number of Spans U, Number of Spans V, Degree U, and Degree V options.

Divide surface patches by inserting isoparms

1. See Insert additional edit points/isoparms in a curve or surface to add more CVs

Related topics

• Degree of NURBS curves and surfaces
• Components of NURBS curves
• Displaying and selecting NURBS components
• Edit Curves > Rebuild Curve
• Edit NURBS > Rebuild Surfaces