Creates a new surface that spans two existing surfaces.
To apply: See Merging Surfaces [Surface and Curve Modeling].
To redisplay: Select the merged surface then choose and click the tab.
Inputs
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Hides all the inputs for the generated object to simplify the display of your scene in the 3D views, or unhides the inputs
when you need to modify them.
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Freezes the generator and deletes the inputs. This simplifies the scene once you are satisfied that you won't need to modify
the inputs again.
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Subdivisions
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Determines how you specify the number of subdivisions in the result.
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uses the "natural" subdivisions as determined by the shapes of the inputs. You can subdivide each segment further using the
and sliders.
In this case, discontinuities resulting from multiknots in the inputs are preserved in the generated objects.
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allows you to set the total number of subdivisions using the and sliders.
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The number of subdivisions corresponding to each segment of the inputs, when is .
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The total number of subdivisions, when is .
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Shape
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The continuity of the merged surface at the boundary where the original surfaces meet:
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(). The merged surface may have a sharp point.
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(). The tangent of the merged surface does not change abruptly.
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(). Neither the tangent nor the curvature of the merged surface changes abruptly.
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The location of the seam between the two surfaces:
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. The seam is at the boundary of the first surface.
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. The seam is at the boundary of the second surface.
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. The seam is midway between the surfaces.
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. The seam is at the curve you picked when you applied the command.
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The surfaces whose tangents are adjusted to maintain the continuity:
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. Only the tangent of the first surface is modified.
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. Only the tangent of the second surface is modified.
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. The tangents of both surfaces are modified.
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Start, End Surface
These parameters affect the blending between the two surfaces.
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Affects the position where blending begins on the corresponding surface.
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Affects the extent of the influence of the surface on the blend.
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Properties 
