Axes Align to NURBS surface

 

Orients an object so that its local axes are tangent to a reference NURBS surface at a specified point.

 

How to use

 

1. Select the object or objects you want to align.

2. Click the Axes Align to NURBS surface icon or choose the Tools > Transform > Axes Align > Axes Align to NURBS surface menu command.

 

3. The program console prompts Pick reference surface at tangency point.

 

4. Pick the point of the NURBS surface to which the axes of the original object must be aligned.

 

Options

 

Reference object

To change the reference object.

Views / Modeling Tool panel. Switch the Replace check button on and pick another object in the scene.

 

U

To specify the position along the surface U direction of the tangency point.
Modeling Tool pane
l. Set the value either by moving the slider or by typing it in the data field and pressing Enter. Value must be between 0 and 1.

 

V

To specify the position along the surface V direction of the tangency point.
Modeling Tool panel
. Set the value either by moving the slider or by typing it in the data field and pressing Enter. Value must be between 0 and 1.

 
Position

To specify whether the object axes origin must be coincident to the reference object axes.
Modeling Tool panel
. Switch the Position radio button on.

 

Orientation

To specify whether the object axes must be oriented in the same way as the reference object axes.
Modeling Tool panel
. Switch the Orientation radio button on.