Revolve

CommandRevolve

Shortcut—

ButtonIn Suggested Commands Menu

Available in

IndieStudio

Description

Revolving Regions generates Solids, while revolving Curves produces either Solids or Sheets. Options include Normal, Binormal, and Tangent. It now supports boolean operations.

Basic Usage

1. Select a Region or Curve to revolve.
2. Activate the command via the button in Suggested Commands, or search for Revolve in the Command Palette.
3. Specify the revolution axis.
   • Revolve along the axis defined by the first click as the start point and the second click as the endpoint.
   • Command Dialog
     • Degrees: Specify the degree to revolve.
     • Keep tools: Keep the swept body after a boolean operation.
   • Keyboard Shortcuts
     • Shift + T Thickness:
     • A Angle: Move the mouse to specify the rotation angle.
     • Shift + Q Slice, Q Union, W Difference, Shift + E Intersect: Perform a boolean operation.
     • B New body: Retain the resulting body after a boolean operation or modeling step.
     • T Keep tools: Performs Boolean operations while keeping the tool objects intact.
4. Confirm with OK in the Command Dialog or right-click.