Surfaces and edges : 3 question to know how-to well do.

 From:  Alomphega
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Hello,

At this state of my learning curve, I have some questions refering to the 3 numbers of the respecting arrows shown within the attached image :


1) why do this surface disappears from its edge ?

2) How can I make a surface covering this half empty circle ?

3) how can I erase this edge to obtain a smooth unique surface here ?

Thank you very much for any help,
Best Regards,

Guy Capra,
always working on few funny projects :
www.nauticaerium.com ; www.conceptarum.com and so on...