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TABSURF creates the mesh as a series of parallel polygons running along a specified path. The

original object and the direction vector must already be drawn, as shown in the following
illustrations.

Command entry: TABSURF

4.9.3 REVOLVED SURFACE

Use the REVSURF command to create a revolved mesh by rotating a profile of the object about an

axis. REVSURF is useful for mesh forms with rotational symmetry.

The profile is called a path curve. It can consist of any combination of lines, circles, arcs, ellipses,
elliptical arcs, polylines, splines, closed polylines, polygons, closed splines, or donuts.

Command entry: REVSURF

4.9.4 EDGE SURFACE

With the EDGESURF command, you can create a Coons surface patch mesh, as shown in the

following illustration, from four objects called edges. Edges can be arcs, lines, polylines, splines, or
elliptical arcs that form a closed loop and share endpoints. A coons patch is a bicubic surface (one

curve in the M direction and another in the N direction) interpolated between the four edges.

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