About the Twist User Interface
The Twist tab consists of commands, tabs, and shortcut menus. Click > 
to open the Twist tab.
to open the Twist tab.Commands
• Twist
◦ 
—Aligns the axis in the direction you want to twist the geometry.
—Aligns the axis in the direction you want to twist the geometry.◦ 
—Reverses the direction of the axis.
—Reverses the direction of the axis.• Angle box—Sets a value in degrees to twist the geometry in reference to the Direction reference.
Tabs
• References
◦ Geometry collector—Displays the bodies or the group of curves, quilts, or facet geometry to twist.
◦ 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.
◦ 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 arrow to the beginning of the list.▪ 
—Moves the insertion point back by one item.
—Moves the insertion point back by one item.▪ 
—Moves the insertion point forward by one item.
—Moves the insertion point forward by one item.▪ 
—Moves the insertion arrow to the end of the list.
—Moves the insertion arrow to the end of the list.▪ 
—Deletes the selected warp procedure from the list.
—Deletes the selected warp procedure from the list.• Marquee
◦ References collector—Sets initial marquee size and location when you select geometry, bodies, 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).
◦ 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.
—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.
• 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.