Edit as blend

1 Select the faces you want to convert to blended surfaces, or select existing blended surfaces.

We recommend that you use the more powerful Select tool to do this, but you can also select faces within the Edit as Blend tool after the next step.

2 Click the Edit as blend tool in the Edit ribbon group to display the blend planes.

If you did not pre-select the faces, you can select them in the Edit as Blend tool using the Select tool guide .

Click a blend plane to select it.

3 Move, rotate, or edit the interior blend planes.

4 Add or remove interior blend planes.

To move or rotate the blend plane

Click the Move tool guide and drag the Move handle to move or rotate the blend plane.

To move a vertex or edge

Click the Edit tool guide , click a vertex or edge of the blend section, and drag it to edit the blend plane.

To bend an edge

Click the Bend tool guide , click an edge, then drag in or out to bend the edge.

To add a blend plane

Click the Add Blend Plane tool guide and click the face to insert a new blend plane through the face at that location. The orientation of the new plane is determined by the orientation of its neighboring blend planes.

To remove a blend section

Click a blend plane, then click the Remove Blend Plane tool guide to delete it. The faces are redrawn between the remaining blend planes. If you delete the wrong blend plane, you can always press Ctrl+Z to undo.

Editing faces as a blend

You can use the Edit as Blend tool to edit any blended face or convert a regular face to a blended one. You can create a new blend section or delete one. You can move any blend section, or you can edit it by moving an edge, moving a vertex, or bending an edge.

If a face was originally created as a blend, the original blend surfaces will appear for editing, even if the faces originated as imported geometry. Any two planar faces can be edited as a blend, but a single face cannot be edited as a blend.

1 Select the faces you want to convert to blended surfaces, or select existing blended faces.

Within the Edit as blend tool, there are several tool guides that help step you through the editing process:

	If you did not pre-select the faces to edit, you can select them from within the Edit as Blend tool using the Select tool guide.
	Select the Move Blend Plane tool guide to move and orient the selected blend plane using the Move handle.
	Make edits to any blend section with the Edit Blend Section tool guide. You can move, bend, and replace edges or move vertices. Just click to select the vertex or edge you want to edit.
	Select the Bend tool guide and select a linear or arced edge to bend it.
	Select the Add Blend Plane tool guide to add new blend sections by clicking on the face to insert a new blend section through the face. You can modify your new blend sections just like the others.
	Select the Remove Blend Plane tool guide to click any blend section to delete it.

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