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.

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