Menu : SURFACE

Command: Deform:Project To Surface

Shortcut : None

This command drops the target surface or surface set onto another surface, wrapping the surfaces around the receiving surface. The target surfaces can be Bézier, B-spline or facetted surfaces but the receiving surface must be B-spline or Bézier.

After executing the command the receiving surface should be indicated by graphically picking with the left mouse button. The projection direction is then requested which can be either X, Y or Z. The target surfaces are the deformed so that they wrap around the receiving surface. The fix point of the target surfaces determines the level that will be matched to the receiving surface.

An example of the use of this command is in designing jewelry where a feature surface can be design flat and then wrapped around a base ring surface. The surfaces to be projected are designed as normal. In this example the features are two horseshoe shapes to fir on a ring. These are then positioned on the correct side of the ring and the fixpoint of these surfaces is set to the midpoint of the surface pair. The result of this command is then shown on the right with the Z projection option chosen.