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Lesson 3: Lofting curves to create a surface
Lesson 3: Lofting curves to create a surface
Creating profile curves for a surface
Introduction
Another method for creating NURBS surfaces is to
loft a series of curves that define the cross section of your desired
surface form. Lofting a surface works like stretching a skin over
each of the cross sections to create the final surface.
In
this lesson, you learn additional NURBS surfacing techniques by
using the Loft tool to create the body
of a salt shaker. You will also create the cap for the salt shaker
by modifying the shape of a primitive sphere.
In this lesson you learn how to:
- Modify
the outline of a circle primitive by editing the position of its
CVs.
- Use
the magnet snap feature.
- Loft
cross section curves to create a NURBS surface using the Loft tool.
- Edit
the form of an existing primitive object by moving its CVs.
- Parent
one object to another using the Outliner.
