Creating ruled surfaces

You can create a ruled surface, which is a three-dimensional body that approximates the surface between two existing entities. You select the two entities that define the ruled surface. These entities can be arcs, circles, lines, points, or polylines.

To create a ruled surface

  1. Advanced experience level
  2. Do one of the following:
  3. Select the first defining entity.
  4. Select the second defining entity.

 

 

Select the first (A) and second (B) defining entities.

The resulting ruled surface mesh.

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