Surfacing > Surfacing > Flattening and Bending Features > About the Flatten-Quilt Deformation User Interface
About the Flatten-Quilt Deformation User Interface
The Flatten-Quilt Deformation tab consists of commands, tabs, and shortcut menus. Click Model > Surfaces > Flatten-Quilt Deformation 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.