Modifying and Deforming Surfaces

This task shows you how to deform surfaces by manipulating the mesh. Three types of elements can be selected: vertices, edges, and faces.

There are several ways to deform a surface. You can either:

select the element if the icon is active,
select the element first then click the icon if it is not active,
double-click the element in the specification tree or in the 3D geometry.

Click Modification to display the Tools Palette toolbar.

You can also access this command by pressing ALT+SHIFT+M.

The following icons let you:

manage the compass

translate surfaces

move along normals

rotate surfaces

scale surfaces

align the vertices or edges

modify the weight of vertices or edges

pick elements

use the edition dialog box

set the attenuation factor

select elements

Using one of the above icons enables you to define handles. The origin of the handles is positioned by default at the middle point of the selected element.