About the Modification and the Deformation of Surfaces Using the Tools Palette

This topic provides you with the information you need to deform surfaces by manipulating the mesh.

Three types of elements can be selected: vertices, edges, and faces.

There are several ways to deform a surface. You can either:

select the element if the icon is active,
select the element first then click the icon if it is not active,
double-click the element in the specification tree or in the 3D geometry.

The Modification icon should be selected in order to display the Tools Palette toolbar.

Tip: You can also access this command by pressing ALT+SHIFT+M.

The following icons let you:

Using one of the above icons enables you to define handles. The origin of the handles is positioned by default at the middle point of the selected element.