Creating a surface from a mesh

When creating a surface from the triangles in a mesh, the triangles used to create the surface will become masked.

To create a surface from a mesh:

  1. Select a mesh. For example:

  2. Click Mesh tools tab > Create panel > Segment > From Mesh to display the Mesh Surfacing toolbar.
  3. Use the toolbar to create a surface from the selected mesh as follows:
    • Pick points on the mesh to create a closed curve. When completing the curve, is displayed when you move the cursor near the start point
    • Click to define a corner at the last click point.
    • Use to define a corner at the click point.
    • Use to add a straight section to the curve.

    The model below shows two surfaces created from the mesh: