Using NURBS Surfacing to Create Polygons
You can create swatches of polygon surfaces by using NURBS surfacing tools, as you saw with the exercise on creating a planar surface.
To create a polygonal surface with any of the surfacing techniques in this chapter, open the option box for that particular NURBS tool. For example, create two simple curves. With both curves selected, choose Surfaces ⇒ Loft ❒. In the options for Output Geometry, click the Polygons button to display the options for creating the polygon surface and its detail level.
History for the surface will adjust the new polygonal surface. The detail of the surface will try to adjust as changes to the input curves are made. If you anticipate significant changes to the input curves, ...
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