Troubleshoot bridged meshes

The Bridge feature failed to bridge a mesh between the selected border edges.
Ensure that:
  • the meshes being bridged are combined into one mesh.
  • the number of selected border edges is the same for both the origin and target regions of the mesh.
  • The selected faces were not along an outside border of the mesh.
The bridged mesh flips between the two sets of border edges in a “bow tie” shape.

If the selected edges do not form a closed loop, the normals on the faces associated with the selected edges may be oriented inconsistently. The Bridge feature determines the orientation of each connection using the normals associated with the faces of the selected edges. You can check the orientation of the normals using Display > Polygons > Face Normals. If the normal orientation is inconsistent, try reversing the normals on the faces on one side of the bridge usingMesh Display > Reverse, and then create the bridged mesh again.

The bridged mesh twists between the two sets of closed loop border edges in a spiral.

When the selected edges form a closed loop (for example, a ring or cylindrical shape) the Bridge feature may connect between edges in an unexpected way. You can correct this using the Bridge offset attribute in the Attribute Editor. Simply increase the Bridge offset value by one to change the start or end location of the bridged loop of edges to the next vertex in the loop.

Will the Bridge feature construction history let me switch the Bridge type after I’ve created a bridge mesh?

If you created a bridge mesh using the Linear path or Smooth path + curve options, you can change the Bridge type to Smooth path. If you created a bridge mesh using the Linear path or Smooth path options, you cannot change the Bridge type to Smooth path + curve.

How do I edit the explicit curve to modify the shape of the bridging mesh?

It is recommended you select and modify only the interior CVs on the explicit curve to modify the shape of the bridging mesh.

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