In PowerShape, you can quickly create surfaces that are defined by a few simple parameters, rather than a network of curves.
For example, the cylinder shown below is a parameterized surface. You may only edit its length, radius and orientation parameters. To edit one of its curves to a new shape, it must first be converted to a power surface.
PowerShape provides the following parameterized surfaces:
- primitive planes, blocks, spheres, cylinders, cones, tori and springs.
- surfaces of revolution.
- extruded surfaces.