2012

Access Methods
Button
Ribbon: Home tab ➤ 3D Modeling panel ➤ Tabulated Surface
Menu: Draw ➤ Modeling ➤ Meshes ➤ Tabulated Mesh
Summary
Select a line, arc, circle, ellipse, or polyline to sweep in a straight path. Then
select a line or polyline to determine the first and last points of a vector that
indicates the direction and length of the polygon mesh.
The MESHTYPE system variable sets which type of mesh is created. Mesh
objects are created by default. Set the variable to 0 to create legacy polyface
or polygon mesh.
For polygon meshes, TABSURF constructs a 2 by n mesh, where n is determined
by the SURFTAB1 system variable. The M direction of the mesh is always 2
and lies along the direction vector. The N direction lies along the path curve.
If the path curve is a line, arc, circle, ellipse, or spline-fit polyline, tabulation
lines are drawn that divide the path curve into intervals of equal size set by
SURFTAB1. If the path curve is a polyline that has not been spline fit, tabulation
lines are drawn at the ends of straight segments, and each arc segment is
divided into intervals set by SURFTAB1.
List of Prompts
The following prompts are displayed.
Object for path curve Specifies which object is swept along the path.
The path curve defines the approximated surface of the polygon mesh. It can
be a line, arc, circle, ellipse, or 2D or 3D polyline. The mesh is drawn starting
at the point on the path curve closest to the selection point.
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