{"id":2601,"date":"2022-09-27T19:24:01","date_gmt":"2022-09-27T19:24:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/3dcoat.com\/documentation\/?post_type=manual_documentation&p=2601"},"modified":"2026-02-05T12:35:19","modified_gmt":"2026-02-05T12:35:19","slug":"surface-sculpt-curves","status":"publish","type":"manual_documentation","link":"https:\/\/3dcoat.com\/documentation\/manual\/workspaces-rooms\/sculpt\/surface-sculpt-curves\/","title":{"rendered":"Sculpt curves"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Spline curves<\/strong><\/a>: lets you place spline points directly into your scene or apply a brush along a curve<\/a>. Is a wonderful feature which allows to quickly create organic tube-like shapes, chains or flat shapes defined by spline points.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Draw with curves (splines). Add points with LMB, resize with RMB, and delete the last point with BKSP. Press ENTER to draw the curve, then ESC to delete the curve. CTRL+LMB on a ball will join points.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Text<\/a><\/h4>\n\n\n\n
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Draw text in volume. This lets you place text along a spline curve and create text in voxel form.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Its parameters are identical to the Curves tool, so you should already be familiar with it after reading the section above. It has a few unique features:
You can select a font for your text, you can, of course, type in the text you would like to make volumetric, and you can adjust the thickness of this volumetric text.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Vox Layer<\/a><\/h4>\n\n\n\n
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Create a thin layer around the frozen area of the current volume. Paint with the freeze to mark the area and press Apply afterward.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Coat<\/a> (available on Surface mode)<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
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This tool allows to add coating over the layer in non-destructive way. It is similar to VoxLayer tool, but you may define area using curves and change corner points later.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tube\/Array<\/a><\/h4>\n\n\n\n
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