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- MESH allows you to generate a point mesh that approximates
- a two-curve, three-curve, four-curve swept surface; a
- tabulated cylinder; a surface of revolution; a sphere; or
- a ruled surface. It allows you to define a surface and
- then generate a set of points (a mesh) that approximates
- the surface to a user-specified level of accuracy.
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- Create the mesh by choosing from the following options:
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- 2 CURVE - to create a point mesh defined by a selected
- generator curve and director curve. The mesh approximates
- a swept surface that is formed by moving (sweeping) the
- generator curve along the director curve.
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- 3 CURVE - to create a point mesh that is defined by either
- two generator curves and a director curve, or by one
- generator curve and two director curves. The mesh
- approximates the blending of the two, two-curve surfaces.
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- 4 CURVE - to create a point mesh defined by two generator
- curves and two director curves. The mesh approximates the
- blending of the four, two-curve surfaces.
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- TAB CYL - to create a point mesh that approximates the
- surface defined by sweeping a generator curve along an
- axis vector (the director) of a specified length.
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- REVOLUT - to create a point mesh that approximates the
- surface formed by rotating a generator curve about an axis
- by a specified angular distance.
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- SPHERE - to create a point mesh that approximates a
- sphere. You can create a sphere in any one of the
- following ways:
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- - by specifying the center and radius of the sphere, as
- well as the number of the latitude and longitude lines.
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- - by specifying the center and diameter of the sphere, as
- well as the number of latitude and longitude lines.
-
- RULED - to create a point mesh that approximates the
- surface formed by simultaneously moving a line (generator)
- along two director curves.
-