Choice of Surface (1/2)

Category Name Icon Description Illustration

Surfaces extruded in Extrude Extrudes a user-defined profile in a

a direction specified direction.
Cylinder Extrudes an implicitly circular profile in a
specified direction.
Surfaces revolved Revolve Revolve a user-defined profile around an
around an axis axis
Sphere Full or partial spherical surface. It works
as circular profile revolves around an axis
implicitly.
Surfaces connecting Multi-section Surface passing through multiple sections
existing sections surface
Surfaces sweeping a Sweep Sweeps a profile along a path (the profile
profile along a guide is pre-defined or user-defined).
curve Adaptive Sweeps a parametric profile along a path,
sweep allowing the parameters to evolve along
the path
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Surfaces filling a gap Fill Creates a surface inside a closed

boundary
Surfaces offset from Offset Creates a surface offset from an existing
an existing surface surface
 Choice of Surface (2/2)

The choice of the surface can be done with regard to the wireframe features which are available.
The following table shows the wireframe required for each type of surface:

Inputs
Tools Profile Direction/Axis Guide Curve Section Spine

Extrude

Sphere

Cylinder

Revolve

Loft Optional Optional

Sweep
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Mandatory Loft => Multi-Section Surface

Not Applicable