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Extracting controls

Many of the parametric or controlled objects are generated from control lines, which may be geometrically manipulated when necessary to reshape an object. When such editing operations occur the shape of the control lines are changing as the form of hte object is changed. While the control lines and their shapes are not readily visible, the Extract Controls tool can be used to extract them and turn them into independent objects.

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Modeling

• Primitives
• Spherical objects
• Metaballs
• 3D solids and 2D shapes
• Patterned polygons
• Derivative surfaces, extrusions, enclosures
• Parallel objects
• Frames
• Projection objects
• Unfolding
• Terrain models
• Revolved objects
• Helixes
• Screws and bolts
• Stairs
• Sweeps
• Draft Sweeps
• Skinning
• Lofting
• S-lofts
• Meshed objects
• Subdivisions
• Moving and disturbing meshes
• Deformations
• Bending along curves
• Morphing
• Image based displacements
• Rounding
• Blending and filleting
• Draft angles
• Splines and c-curves
• C-Meshes
• Nurbz
• Formula curves and surfaces
• Patches
• Boolean operations
• Trimming, splitting, and stitching
• 2D and 3D sections
• Deriving contours
• Lines of intersection
• Grouping and ungrouping/Joining and separating
• Placing and editing text
• Symbols
• Editing 3D lines
• Converting representations of objects
• Extracting controls
• Inquiring and measuring
• Repairing objects and projects
• Moving, rotating, resizing, and mirroring
• Clones
• Attaching
• Replace
• Inserting
• Deleting

Drafting

Rendering

Special features

• Extensive import/export
• Panoramic views
• Straight up perspectives
• View matching
• Walk through animation
• Rapid prototyping
• 2D/3D digitizing

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