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Stretching / Shrinking Surface Protections

/ The Stretch surface protection / Shrink surface protection functions allow for using a surface protection from one bundle on another bundle or removing it from that bundle.

The Stretch surface protection function is used to extend a surface protection from one bundle to another one. The two bundles must be connected by one shared point. This way you can stretch a surface protection across many bundles, but only in one path. You cannot, e.g., stretch a surface protection across both bundles of a branched segment.

The Shrink surface protection function is used to remove a surface protection from a bundle. In addition it is used to remove a segment of a surface protection between two shared points so that you could stretch the surface protection along a different path.

Stretch surface protection

  1. Select the Tools > Stretch surface protection menu items or the button on the toolbar.
  2. Select a surface protection by clicking.
  3. Click on a neighboring bundle.

    The surface protection is extended onto this bundle.
  4. Repeat the command by using the space bar or clicking the Stretch surface protection button again, if desired.

Shrink surface protection

  1. Select the Tools > Shrink surface protection menu items or the button on the toolbar.
  2. Select a surface protection by clicking.

    The surface protection is removed.
  3. Repeat the command by using the space bar or clicking the Shrink surface protection button again, if desired.