Shape
Shape
Spline - Editing

Supports quick and diverse editing of splines/shapes.
Combine
: Click to combine selected splines and make a copy;Break Shap.
: Break the shape and separate each segment of the spline;- Break
↑
: Break the selected splines by endpoints; Connect 2p.
: Click to connect 2 selected points;Conn.Near
: Automatically identify nearby points to connectMark End
: Mark and display non-closed endpoints;Unify Dir.
: Unify the selected spline directions;- Unify Dir.
⇆
: Reverse the direction of the selected spline; Flat Splines
: Click to unify the Z axis of the selected spline;Close Splines
: Close non-closed splinesPick Overlap
: Pick out overlapping splines;Initialize
: Initialize spline parameters;Surface Draw
: Click to draw spline on the surface of objects;- Surface Draw
↑
: Click to draw splines on the horizontal plane of the current perspective;
To further edit the vertex of selected spline, you may switch to edit mode and select the vertex, then:
B.Corner
: Click to enable Bezier corner;B.Curve
: Click to enable Bezier curve;B.Vertex
: Click to enable Bezier vertex;Smoth.
: Click to enable spline smooth;
Vertex - Optimize Vertex

Support further editing of vertices on the selected spline. The units are based on the units in the current 3ds Max scene file.
Ang.
: Edit and click to remove all vertex smaller than the set angle;Inter.
: Edit and click to change the interval between each vertex;Dist.
: Edit and click to remove all vertex within than the set distance;Num.
: Edit and click to change the total number of vertex;
Step - Optimize

Supports Unify Steps
according to the set parameters.
Double Spline


Support Convert
the selected spline in double spline according to the set width (Wid.
).
Shape – Precise Closure

Supports trimming, extending and merging operations within one shape.

Extend
: Select the target vertex and extend to end precisely within the shape;

Trim
: Select the target vertex and trim to end precisely within the shape;

Merge
: Select target vertices and click to merge within the shape;
Spline Intersection

Supports adding markers or generating new vertex/sphere for intersecting splines in a shape.

Mark
: Select the shape, choose Mark and clickGenerate
to add a mark on the intersection point, only for viewing, no actual function;+ Vertex
: Select the shape, choose + Vertex and clickGenerate
to add a new vertex on the intersection point;Sphere
: Select the shape, choose Sphere and clickGenerate
to add a sphere model on the intersection point;±
: Tolerable offset range;Radius
: Radius of the generated sphere;Precise positioning of vertices
: Check to apply precise positioning of generated vertices, this may affect the shape;
Shape to Plane

Supports converting a closed outer shape into a plane.

Plane
: Check and clickConvert
to convert the shape to a plane;Collapse:
Check to and clickConvert
to combine the stack operations of one or more selected objects into an editable shape, and perform a Boolean operation on them at the same time;
Extract Shape

Supports extracting shape outlines from target objects.
Offs.
: After setting, the extracted shape will be offset along the surface normal direction of the target object according to the value;Extract
: Click to apply extraction operation of the target object as a whole;- Extract
+
: Click to apply extraction operation of the target object separately;
Note:
Please switch to plane selection in edit mode for target object extraction.
Extract Wireframe

Supports extracting wireframe from target objects.

- Perspective: Check to extract object wireframe from
Left
view/Front
view/Top
view; To CAD
: Click to extract the target model according to the checked perspective in 2D and display it like CAD does;- To CAD
+
: Click to extract all models according to the checked perspective in 2D and display it like CAD does;

Get Wire
: Click to extract the wireframe of the specified view of the target model;- Get Wire
+
: Click to extract the wireframe of the specified view of all models in the scene;

Projection perspective display
: Check and click To CAD/ To CAD + to display the extracted 2D wireframe in the object projection perspective;Save as CAD
: Click to export the extracted wireframe as a CAD file;

Options
: Check to call out the “Export to AutoCAD File” window of 3ds Max when exporting the extracted wireframe as a CAD file;
Extract Sections

Supports extraction of specified shape of cross-sections of target objects based on set parameters.

Num.
: Select and set to extract the cross-sectional shape by quantity (divided into equal parts according to the size of the object);Dist.
: Select and set to extract the cross-sectional shape by distance;Perspective
: Check to extract the cross-sectional shape from X axis/Y axis/Z axis;Weld
: Set the threshold for welding vertices. When two vertices are within this distance, they are welded for smoothing purposes;