Access Methods

Summary

When you right-click the triangular tangency grip a shortcut menu appears.

The shorcut menu has options that allow you to:

• Reshape the curve (Move Point Location)
• Edit the tangent scale (Move Tangent Direction)
• Move the base point to edit a different part of the surface (Relocate Base Point)
• Realign the gizmo (the edit bar).
• Whether to reshape the curve (Move Point Location) or the tangency (Move Tangent Direction).

Different options appear depending on what option you select.

List of Options

The following options are displayed.

Move Point Location

When selected, moving the base point reshapes the NURBS surface (and not the tangency).

Move Tangent Direction

When selected, moving the base point changes the tangency (and not the shape of the NURBS surface). This image shows the edit bar moving in the U direction on the left, and the V direction on the right.

U Tangent Direction

Moves the edit bar to the U axis to constrain the tangency edit to that direction. In the image above, the image on the left shows the edit bar moving in the U direction.

V Tangent Direction

Moves the edit bar to the V axis to constrain the tangency edit to that direction. In the image above, the image on the right shows the edit bar moving in the V direction.

Normal Tangent Direction

Moves the edit bar to edit the tangency of the curve normal to the current UCS.

Set Constraint

Sets whether the change in tangency or point location is constrained to a specific axis.

• X, Y or Z. Restricts the change to the designated axis.
• XY, YX, or ZX. Restricts the change to a plane that is defined by the selected axes.

Relocate Base Point

Moves to a new location and add a new control vertex.

Align Gizmo With

Sets the alignment for the change. Choices include

• World UCS (default)
• Current UCS
• Face