Operations on Surfaces
The operations associated with surfaces can be found in the menu Surface of Shaper or in the tab Geometries from the sidebar of Shaper :
Icon | Operation | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Duplicate | Makes a copy of the selected surfaces in the active layer. The original surfaces are unselected and the duplicate surfaces are selected instead. |
| Move | Moves all the selected surfaces into the active layer. |
| Properties | Opens the Surface Properties (Shaper Editor). |
| Randomize Surface Color | Changes randomly the color of the highlighted surface(s). For example, this allows the surfaces of geometry to stand out with different colors when you have imported a CAD file into Patchwork 3D. |
| Delete | Deletes the selected surfaces. |
Certain operations are available only from the Surface menu:
Icon | Operation | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Duplicate with Symmetry | Duplicates a surface using a symmetry function. The duplicated surface is fully independent of the original, unlike the surface symmetry property, which can be activated in the Surface Properties. The surfaces duplicated in symmetry are highlighted. |
| Copy | Copies the selected surfaces to the clipboard. |
| Cut | Cuts the selected surfaces to the clipboard. |
| Paste | Pastes the contents of the clipboard in the active layer. |
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XY symmetrical duplication.