Surface Patches Dialog

Activated by clicking the Surface Patches icon (.) The Surface Patches dialog contains a number of tabs for the various functions. By default the following pages are visible:

• Display (see Display Tab - Surface Patches Dialog)

• Check (see Check Tab)

• Output (see Output Tab)

• Offset (see Offset Tab)

These provide functions available for patches created by the Patch and Curve Editor (PACE). If the Manual Patches option is set (by selecting OPTIONS \ MANUAL PATCHES from the pulldown menu). Then the following pages will also be available:

• Generate (see Generate Tab)

• Regenerate (see Regenerate Tab

• Type (see Type Tab)

• Fit (see Fit Tab)

• Order (see Order Tab)

• Continuity (see Continuity Tab)

These extra pages provide facilities to generate and manipulate manual patches.

Most tabs contain a list of existing patches.

Figure 4:119 Example patch list

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

Table 4:7 Patch List images and their meanings.

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.

Figure 4:120 Convenience Menu

Refer to Generating a Surface for a detailed guide to creating and visualizing a surface definition.