Fit Tab

The Fit tab is used to fit a surface to an existing patch after changing the defining curves. Patches generated by the Patch and Curve Editor cannot be fitted here.

From the list of patches select the individual patches required or use the All check box to select them all and then click the Fit button. The Show Points toggle check box can be used to display the generated points.

Alternatively fitted patches can be deleted without deleting their boundary and defining curve definition, by selecting the relevant patches and clicking the Delete Fitted Patches button.

The patch list shows three columns, Patch, Fitted and Curves.

The Patch column shows the patch name and an icon to indicate the patch type and data form:

Table 1: 10. Patch List images and their meaning.

The patch data form is an indication of whether the patch data is flat or not before any continuity is set.

The Fitted column indicates whether a patch is fitted or not.

The Curves column indicates which curves were used to create the patch data for fitting (S=Sections, W=Waterlines, B=Buttocks).

By clicking the Right Mouse button over a list, a convenience menu is displayed. This provides facilities for displaying the currently selected patches (either fitted, unfitted or limits) or for interactively selecting patches from a graphics window.