About the Flatten-Quilt Deformation User Interface
The Flatten-Quilt Deformation tab consists of commands, tabs, and shortcut menus. Click > > to open the Flatten-Quilt Deformation tab.
Commands
• Type
◦ From Flat to Bent—Changes the reference geometry from a flat surface to a bent quilt.
◦ From Bent to Flat—Changes the reference geometry from a bent quilt to a flat surface.
• Reference
◦ Flatten quilt feature collector—Displays a Flatten Quilt feature to transform.
Tabs
• References
◦ Flatten Quilt Feature collector—Displays a Flatten Quilt feature to transform.
◦ Quilts and/or a solid body collector—Displays quilts or a body to bend or flatten.
◦ Curves and Points collector—Displays curves to bend or flatten, or datum points to transform.
▪ Details—Opens the Chains dialog box to edit chains.
• Properties
◦ Name—Sets a name for a feature.
◦ —Displays detailed component information in a browser.
Shortcut Menus
Right-click the graphics window to access shortcut menu command.
• Flatten Quilt Feature—Activates the Flatten Quilt Feature collector.
• Quilts and/or a Solid Body—Activates the Quilts and/or a solid body collector.
• Curves and Points—Activates the Curves and Points collector.
• Clear—Clears the active collector.