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: NoneDeskArtes uses its own internal format for representing the trim curves, which is slightly different from the VDAFS and IGES standards.
This command converts a trim curve set from standard format into the internal format used by DeskArtes.
DeskArtes can handle either format in most of its functionality. However, the internal format is required in merging of trim sets if you cut parts away form already intersected surfaces.
The benefit of the internal format against the standard one is that trim curves are kept as separate objects, which can be interacted with individually. The internal representation trim curves obey the following rules:
Otherwise, the DeskArtes trim curves behave just as defined in the standards.
Further explanations of trim curves can be found from the IGES or VDA-FS standard descriptions, or in any parametric surface textbook.