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# 1 15-12-2004 , 04:22 AM
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How can I close this up?

Any suggestions? I need to make a surface for the headlight.
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can I see a picture of the whole model?
 
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Re: How can I close this up?

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Any suggestions? I need to make a surface for the headlight.

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If the curves is not planar you cant use Surfaces > Planar.

But you will have to break the curves into 4, and use Surfaces > boundary
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