- open tool dialog
- (optional) adjust mesh's settings: thickness, materials etc
- click "draw..." command button at the top of the dialog
- click at any point of a mesh's contour
- move cursor and click to add next points of mesh surface
- (optional) type Z-level value using keyboard and press <Enter> to set level of last added point of a mesh surface
- (optional) hit <Tab> key to toggle visibility of Z-levels of nodal points
- double-click at last point of a mesh or single-click at last point and press <End> key to finish mesh drawing
It is possible to set Z-level of a nodal point any time later:
- open 'Mesh' tool dialog
- select existing mesh object
- (optional) hit <Tab> key to toggle visibility of Z-levels of nodal points
- type new Z-level of a nodal point while hovering over it
Basic modes:
'Default' mode is for selecting existing mesh objects. It is possible to reshape and re-adjust properties of selected mesh.
'Draw Mesh' mode allows to draw a contour of a mesh vertex-by-vertex.
'Pick Face' mode is for picking any face, that represents a contour of a mesh, instead of drawing a contour vertex-by-vertex.
'Pick Curve' mode is for picking any curve, that represents a contour of a mesh, instead of drawing a contour vertex-by-vertex.
Version 1.3.0 provides the following new features
- ability to generate isolines/horizontals
- "blob" body type (in addition to existing "slab" and "wedge" body types)
Now mesh tool is able to generate blob-like mesh objects. When mesh body type is set to "blob", mesh object treats
nodal points as a kind of a spherical dataset. Center of this dataset is located at an estimated average point and
mesh tool interpolates distances from an estimated center according to selected algorithm.
