To Create a UV-Curve Through Points

Import DataDoctor > Geometry Creation Tools > Creating Datum Curves > To Create a UV-Curve Through Points

1. Select a surface in the graphics window or on the GTS tree, on which you want to create a curve.

You can select only one surface to create the curve.

2. Click the arrow next to

UV-Curves on the Create tab and click

UV-Curve through Points. The natural domain of the surface is displayed, along with its trimming boundaries. The UV-Curve Through Points tab opens and the selected surface is added to the Surface collector.

3. Select a location on the natural domain of the surface for creating the curve. The pointer snaps to the following entities on the surface:

◦ Trimmed boundary edges of surfaces

◦ Natural boundary edges of surfaces

◦ Vertices of surfaces on the natural or trimmed boundary

◦ Existing UV curves belonging to the same surface

• The preview of the curve is displayed only after you select two points.

• Hold down the CTRL key to select the points on the surface.

• You cannot snap to datum points lying on the surface.

4. To remove a point, right-click the point in the Points collector and click Remove on the shortcut menu. The curve changes shape to maintain smoothness.

5. Click

on the UV-Curve Through Points tab to create the curve through points.