Sketching a Surface Patch

  1. Import or create a facet mesh.
  2. Select the Skin Surface tool in the Reverse Engineering group of the Tools tab.
  3. Single-click the mesh where you want to start the sketch.
  4. Sketch the desired shape as follows:

    • Single-click to create internal edge points, which can later be moved to adjust the shape of the edge

    • Double-click to end the edge and create a corner

  5. Continue creating edges and corners.
  6. Close the shape by single-clicking on the start point.
  7. The surface is shown in preview and you can drag any of the sketched points to adjust the shape of the sketch.
  8. If you need to start over, simply hit the Escape key and the current sketch will be removed.
  9. Click Complete to create the surface.