Create a curve on a surface

  1. Click the New Curve-on-surface icon, or choose Curves > New Curve on Surface from the tool palette.

  2. Click the surface on which you will draw the new curve-on-surface.

  3. Click to place the points of the new curve. You can move the new point while the mouse button is down. When you release the mouse button, the new point is added to the curve.

    • Click the to place a point.
    • Click the to place a point with the same U coordinate as the previous one.
    • Click the to place a point with the same V coordinate as the previous one.
    • Type a UV coordinate to place a point exactly.
    • Use snapping to snap to the nearest isoparametric curve intersection.
    • Use snapping to snap to the nearest edit point of a curve-on-surface on that surface.
    • Use snapping to snap to another curve-on-surface, or to an isoparametric curve.
    • If True Intersections is turned on in the Curve Snap Options box (accessed by clicking on the small arrow to the right of the icon), snapping will automatically snap a new curve-on-surface (CoS) to CoS-CoS intersections on the same surface. If Projected Intersections is turned on, it will snap to CoS intersections in the view (even if the curves-on-surface don't truly intersect in world space).

  4. Use + Z or Edit > Undo to remove the last point. Use Edit > Redo to put it back.

    Note:

    As with any other operation, the maximum number of undos is set to 11 but can be modified in the Miscellaneous section of Preferences > General Preferences.

Parent page: Create Curves