Working with Advanced Surfacing Commands
AutoCAD provides five true Surfacing commands. These commands make use of existing geometry—usually polylines—to create surfaces. These surfacing tools include the following commands:
EDGESURF
RULESURF
TABSURF
REVSURF
3D MESH
The EDGESURF Command
The EDGESURF command is used to create a 3D surface between four connected lines or polylines. Figure 29.6 shows you an example of the result of using EDGESURF.
Figure 29.6. Four splined curves before (left) and after applying the EDGESURF command.
The EDGESURF command can be accessed by choosing the Draw menu, Surfaces, Edge Surface or by typing EDGESURF at the ...
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