DmDeformCurve

Platinum Platinum Platinum

Deforms one or more connected faces of a 3D solid/surface by replacing their edges with given curves.

Accessing the Command

command bar: dmdeformcurve

menu bar: Model | Direct Modeling | Deform | Transform Curve

toolbar: Direct Modeling |

: dmdeformcurve

Prompts you in the command bar:

Select edge to deform or [add Faces] <done>: (Select an edge.)

Select target curve: (Select a curved to replace the selected edge with.)

Select edge to deform or [add Faces] <done>: (Select an edge or press Enter to conclude the command.)

Command Options

Option

Description

Add Faces

Allows to select additional faces to deform (in addition to the faces adjacent to selected edges).

Prompts you:

Select additional deformable faces: Select a face.

Entities in set: 1

Select additional deformable faces: Select a face or press Enter to stop selecting additional faces.

Related Commands

dmDeformMove - deforms one or more connected faces of a 3D solid/surface by moving and rotating their edges.

dmDeformPoint - deforms a region, one or more connected faces of a 3D solid or a surface by moving a point lying on one of them in arbitrary 3D direction.

dmTwist - modifies a 3D solid, surface or region by twisting a portion defined by two points around an axis.