Selecting curves on surfaces

To select curves on a surface:

1. Select all the surfaces from which you want to select curves.
2. Click Surface Tools tab > Selection panel > Curves > Select Curves.
3. Use the Select Curves dialog to select the curves on the surfaces:

   

   • Surface — the name of the surface whose curves are displayed in the Laterals and Longitudinals lists. You can select another surface and its curves are displayed in the two lists of curves.
   • Whilst the dialog is displayed, you can change the surfaces selected on the screen. This also automatically updates the surfaces in the Surface selector.
   • Laterals and Longitudinals — these lists are the curves on the surface named in the Surface selector. You can select curves from the two lists by clicking to select single curves, Shift+click to add a curve to the selection and Ctrl+click to toggle a curve from the selection. As you select the curves, they are highlighted on the screen.
   • When you choose another surface from the selector, PowerShape remembers the selected curves of the previously selected surfaces.
   • Select Spine — selects the spine on the surface. This option is only available when a surface with a spine is selected.
4. Click OK to close the dialog.
Tip: You can keep the dialog displayed while you edit the surface curves.

To select all the curves in the current direction on a surface:

1. Use the Direction arrow on the surface to select the curve direction.

   In the following example, the lateral direction is selected:

   

2. Click Surface Tools tab > Selection panel > Curves > Curves by Direction.

   All the laterals on the surface are now selected .

   

To select all the curves on a surface.

1. Select a surface.
2. Click Surface Tools tab > Selection panel > Curves > All Curves.