| 0
| local rotation about Z-axis
|-
! scope="row" | model
| three options: Cartesian, polar or parametric
| -
| Cartesian
| the curve definition type
|-
! scope="row" | orientation
| -
| XY
| the coordinate plane in which the parametric surface Cartesian curve is drawn(only for Cartesian curve)
|-
! scope="row" | start_1start
| real numeric
| project units
| 0
| start value of range of the first coordinate variable
|-
! scope="row" | stop_1stop
| real numeric
| project units
| 10
| stop value of range of the first coordinate variable
|-
! scope="row" | step_1step
| integer numeric
| project units
| 1
| step value of range of the first coordinate variable
|-
! scope="row" | start_2function| real numerictext string| project units -| 0 x| start value of range of mathematical expression in the second local coordinate variable
|-
! scope="row" | stop_2y(t)| real numeric| project units | 10 | stop value of range of the second coordinate variabletext string|-! scope="row" | step_2| integer numeric| project units | 1t| step value of range of mathematical expression in the second coordinate variablet (only for parametric curve)
|-
! scope="row" | expressionz(t)
| text string
| -
| sin(pi*x/5)*sin(pi*y/5)t| mathematical expression in two local coordinate variables the variable t (only for parametric curve)
|}
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[[Image:cad_curve10.png|thumb|left|480px|The surface curve generator dialogshowing the default Cartesian curve.]]
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[[Image:Cad curve11_new.png|thumb|left|550px|The default 2D sinusoidal surface Cartesian curve created by the surface curve generator.]]
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[[Image:Cad curve12_new.png|thumb|left|480px|The surface curve generator dialogshowing a super-quadratic helical parametric curve.]]
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[[Image:Cad curve13_new.png|thumb|left|550px|The default 2D sinusoidal surface super-quadratic helical parametric curve created by the surface curve generator.]]
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