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Modeling > Creating Surfaces > Creating a polygon surface

Creating a polygon surface


You can draw a polygon surface or create it from an existing curve.

To draw a polygon:
  1. Choose Modeling > Draw Polygon.
  2. In a viewport, click points to define the corners of the polygon.
  3. Press Esc to close the polygon and continue drawing polygons, or press Esc twice to exit Draw Polygon mode.
  4. Adjust the polygon's surface parameters in the Parameter Editor.
  5. To change the shape of the polygon, press 4 to switch to Point mode, then manipulate its points.
To create a polygon from a curve:
  1. Draw a curve, and adjust its shape.
  2. Note: The Steps parameter is not taken into account by the polygon surface conversion. To soften the curve, instead of increasing the steps, subdivide the curve or add points individually.

  3. With the curve selected, choose Modeling > Create Surface > Polygon from Curve.
  4. If the curve is not coplanar, you are prompted to confirm that you want to convert it to a surface. Click OK.
  5. The curve is filled to create a surface.

Tip: If you cannot see the surface, press W to toggle between Wireframe and Shade mode, orbit in WebCam view, or turn off Single-sided in the Mesh Surface Geometry Parameters.
  1. In the Parameter Editor, adjust the polygon's surface parameters.
  2. To change the shape of the surface, press 4 to switch to Point mode, then manipulate the points on the surface.

See also:

Surface parameters

Modifying surfaces

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