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About the Surface Connection User Interface
The Surface Connection tab consists of commands, tabs, connection symbols, and shortcut menus. Click Style > Surface Connect to open the Surface Connection tab.
Commands
• —Displays surface connection references.
• Show Selected check box—Displays connections for only the selected neighbor surfaces.
• —Displays connections that can be converted to Draft connections.
Tabs
• References
◦ Surfaces collector—Displays the surface set to be connected.
Connection Symbols
The connection symbol shows the connection type, the parent surface, and the child surface. The following symbols represent surface connections:
Symbol
Description
G0 - Position
Dashed line with a circle in the middle
G1 - Tangent
Arrow with a circle in the middle. Points from the parent to the child
G2 - Curvature
Arrow made of two lines with a circle in the middle. Points from the parent to the child
G3 - Acceleration
Arrow made of three lines with a circle in the middle. Points from the parent to the child
Normal
Arrow that points from the connected boundary, but does not cross the boundary
Draft
Dashed arrow that points from the connected boundary, but does not cross the boundary
Shortcut Menus
The following selection and connection commands are available when you move the pointer over a connection symbol and right-click:
Right-click a connection symbol when the Surface Connection tab is open to access shortcut menu commands:
• G0 - Position
• G1 - Tangent
• G2 - Curvature
• G3 - Acceleration
• Normal
◦ Flip Direction—For a loft surface that has a boundary curve whose points and endpoint tangents are coplanar, a Normal connection type is available. For these Normal connections, Flip Direction flips the normal direction of the connection to the other side of the curve, and therefore flips the loft surface to the other side of the boundary curve.
• Draft
Right-click the graphics window to access shortcut menu commands.
• Clear—Clears the currently selected collector.
• Curve—Opens the Curve tab.
• Surface—Opens the Surface tab.
• Edit Definition——Opens the appropriate Curve Edit or Surface Edit tab.
• Standard Orientation—Displays the model in standard orientation.
• Active Plane Orientation
• Set Active Plane
• Show All Views
• Show Only——Hides the display of all the Style entities except the selected entities.
• Show All—Displays all the previously hidden features or Style entities.