About the Bend User Interface
The
Bend tab consists of commands, tabs, and shortcut menus. Click
Warp >
to open the
Bend tab.
Commands
• Bend
◦ 
—Aligns the axis in the direction you want to bend the geometry.
◦ 
—Reverses the direction of the axis.
◦ 
—Shifts the axis tilt direction 90 degrees.
• Angle box—Sets a value in degrees to bend the geometry in reference to the Direction reference.
• Depth check box—Activates the Depth Start and End boxes on the Marquee tab.
Tabs
• References
◦ Geometry collector—Sets the solid or the group of curves, quilts, or facet geometry to bend.
◦ Hide Original check box—Hides the geometry of the original entity in the warp.
◦ Copy Original check box—Copies the original entity in the warp after you have completed it. This option is not available for solids.
◦ Facet Preview check box—Displays a preview of the warped geometry within the feature. Facet Preview is unavailable if the selection consists only of facet geometry, curves, or both.
▪ Facet Preview slider—Increases or decreases the preview quality.
▪ Facet Preview box—Specifies a preview quality value from 0 to 100.
◦ Direction collector—Displays the coordinate system or reference plane selected for the warp.
• List
◦ Warp list—Lists each warp procedure within the current Warp feature.
▪ 
—Moves the insertion arrow to the beginning of the list.
▪ 
—Moves the insertion point back by one item.
▪ 
—Moves the insertion point forward by one item.
▪ 
—Moves the insertion arrow to the end of the list.
▪ 
—Deletes the selected warp procedure from the list.
• Options
Contains the pivot and tilt options.
◦ Pivot box—Sets the point on the bend axis about which the geometry bends.
◦ Tilt box—Sets the tilt angle for the bend direction.
• Marquee
◦ References collector—Sets initial marquee size and location when you select geometry, datum planes, or datum points.
◦ Active Axis
▪ Sets the Start and End of the marquee along the axis as a percentage of the original marquee (when Marquee Size method is Proportional).
▪ Sets the Start and Length of the marquee along the axis as a value (when Marquee Size method is Absolute).
▪ Sets the Start Offset and End Offset of a marquee as a value offset from the marquee start or end (when Marquee Size method is Offset).
◦ Depth
▪ Sets the Start and End of the marquee depth as a percentage of the original marquee (when Marquee Size method is Proportional).
▪ Sets the Start and Length of the marquee depth as a value (when Marquee Size method is Absolute).
▪ Sets the Start Offset and End Offset of the marquee depth as a value offset from the marquee start or end (when Marquee Size method is Offset).
◦ Marquee Size list—Sets the method used to determine marquee size.
▪ Absolute—Sets the marquee size using absolute dimensions.
▪ Offset—Sets the marquee size using distance from the marquee start or end.
▪ Proportional—Sets the marquee size as a percentage relative to the original.
◦ Center Axis check box—Locates the axis of the marquee through the center of the optional marquee references instead of through the center of the selected geometry.
◦ Reset—Resets the marquee to the default size and location.
• Properties
◦ Name box—Sets a name for a Warp feature.
◦ 
—Displays detailed component information in a browser.
Shortcut Menus
Right-click the graphics window to access shortcut menu commands.
• Geometry Collector—Activates the Geometry collector.
• Direction Collector—Activates the Direction collector.
• Marquee Collector—Activates the Marquee collector.
• Deactivate Collector—Dectivates the selected collector.
• Clear—Removes data from the selected collector.
• Use Boundary Tangents—Maintains tighter tangency control at boundaries.
• Next Axis—Aligns the axis in the next direction.
• Reverse Axis—Reverses the direction of the axis.
• Shift Tilt—Shifts the axis tilt direction 90 degrees.
• Transform—Activates the Transform warp type.
• Warp—Activates the Warp warp type.
• Spine—Activates the Spine warp type.
• Stretch—Activates the Stretch warp type.
• Bend—Activates the Bend warp type.
• Twist—Activates the Twist warp type.
• Sculpt—Activates the Sculpt warp type.