Menu
: BUILD : Set:Section ParametersShortcut
: uThis command should be given to each of the section curves in a built surface separately.
When this command is executed, a parameter box appears containing the options as follows:
The number assigned to the section curve determines at what point on the projection curve the section curve applies. Use the command BUILDÞShow:Section Positions to show the possible positions and the appropriate number.
The section number is displayed in the Object Window and the message lines.
If some of the section curves are not defined by the user (as is usually the case), DeskArtes computes them by averaging the existing ones. The way the averages are computed may be adjusted by increasing or decreasing the weight of a given section curve.
The default value of the section weight is one. This means that all of the curves have an equal effect on the intermediate curves. If one of the forms needs to be emphasized, increase the weight of the section in question. The weights are relative, so changing the weights of all cross-sections from one to two will not affect the shape.