Primitives

Reference

Mode:Object Mode and Edit Mode
Panel:Tool Shelf ‣ Create ‣ Add Primitive/Surface
Menu:Add ‣ Surface
Hotkey:Shift-A

To help get started in creating surfaces there are four preset NURBS surfaces, found in the Add ‣ Surface ‣ NURBS Surface, NURBS Tube, NURBS Sphere and NURBS Torus.

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NURBS surface primitives.

There are also two preset NURBS surface curves (with only one control point on each V row): NURBS Curve and NURBS Circle.

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NURBS curve primitives.

Note how a circle NURBS surface is never filled, unlike its «real» curve counterpart…

Common Options

Radius, Align to View, Location, Rotation
See Common Object Options.