Curves CurveOnSurface

Curves CurveOnSurface
Menu location
Curves → CurveOnSurface
Workbenches
Curves
Default shortcut
None
Introduced in version
-
See also
None

Description

The Curves CurveOnSurface tool projects a curve on a face and optionally creates a normal or binormal face.

Usage

1. Select a curve and a support face.
2. There are several ways to invoke the tool:
   • Press the CurveOnSurface button.
   • Select the Curves → CurveOnSurface option from the menu.
3. A CurveOnSurface object is created.
4. Optionally edit the values in the Property editor to add a normal or binormal face and adjust the related properties (see Properties below).

Properties

See also: Property editor.

A CurveOnSurface object is derived from a Part Feature object and inherits all its properties. It also has the following additional properties:

Data

Curve On Surface

• DataClosed (Bool): Close the curve.
• DataFace (LinkSub): Support face.
• DataFace Width (Distance): Width of the output face.
• DataInput Edge (LinkSub): Input edge.
• DataOutput (Enumeration): Output type.
  • Curve only (default): Only a curve projected on the selected face is created
  • Normal face: A curve, and a face along the curve and also normal to the selected face is created.
  • Binormal face: A curve and a face along the curve and also tangent to the selected face is created.
• DataReverse (Bool): Reverses the parametric orientation of the curve.
• DataSamples (Integer): Number of samples.
• DataSymmetric (Bool): Face symmetric across curve.
• DataTolerance (Float): Tolerance.

Orientation

• DataReverse Binormal (Bool): Reverse binormal.
• DataReverse Normal (Bool): Reverse normal.
• DataReverse Tangent (Bool): Reverse tangent.