Menu : SURFACE

Command: Direction:Show

Shortcut : None

This command displays the target surface or elements normal direction. The normal direction indicates which side of the surface DeskArtes considers being the positive side of the surface.

Arrows pointing away from the surface show the normal direction. The normal direction is determined by a combination of a number of factors including the directions of the defining curves.

The normal direction has an effect on several functions in DeskArtes including blending and offsetting but most of these commands are flexible enough to accommodate a surface no matter which direction the normals point. So, generally you may just forget about the direction of the normals.