Stripes Tool

The Stripes tool will reflect an infinite striped plane on the selected faces (or on all the faces of the selected solid). This tool is useful to show how the smoothness of a surface.

Use this tool to visualize and check tangency and curvature continuity between faces. For example, two surfaces may appear to have a smooth transition, but the Stripes tool will reveal an irregularity.

In the example above, the area marked with A has good continuity. The stripes line up almost perfectly across the edge. The area marked with B does not have good continuity. The stripes do not quite line up at the edge.

If you find irregularities in your design, you can repair them using the following tools:

• Tangency (on the Prepare tab)
• Merge Faces (on the Prepare tab)
• Fill with the Patch Blend option (on the Design tab)