• Curve Dialogue Box: #Edit, select one of the planar curves, either 1st or 2nd curve

placed in this tutorial, #Free, #Yes, SHIFT+LMB to move perpendicular to work

plane, select , #OK

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 ** While creating surfaces, it is important to know if the surface is of the quality

you expect. The live curve plot ( and ) help with this process, but there are
other tools as well. **

• Analysis Menu: #Surface Analysis, #Gauss Curvature, pick surface, #Compute.

** Gauss surface analysis can help show areas of singularity within the surface.
It is possible to have a shaded surface on the screen that appears to be perfect until
further investigation, like running a Gauss analysis, are performed. Other tools help
ensure the manufacturability of the surfaces. **

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• Analysis Menu: #Surface Analysis, #Slope, pick surface, select next to
“Plane”, pick “FRONT” datum plane, #Done, select #Flip to change direction of
pull.

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• Analysis Menu: #Surface Analysis, #Porcupine, pick surface, #Compute,
#Display, check “Dynamic Update”, roll magnification ‘up’ using the dials to
make it easier to see the analysis, #OK, #Close.

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