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■ As one method of linkage for inverse kinematic chains.
You can make shapes renderable to create tubular forms in the rendering.
Renderable shapes don't appear any different in viewports.
Shapes can also be
NURBS curves on page 2152 . You can use NURBS curves in
exactly the way you use spline-based shapes. You can also use a NURBS curve
as the basis for a NURBS model that includes multiple curve and surface
sub-objects.
Get Shape (Lofting)
A circle is lofted along a path to construct a tubular shape. Get Shape chooses the
contour spline.
You use Get Shape as a loft creation method when you want the shape to
move to the location of the selected path. For example, you use this method
if you have created a path at the exact location where you want your loft
object to be. You use Get Shape to create a loft at that location.
Get Shape causes the shape to move and rotate to align itself with the current
level of the path. The exact orientation of the shape is controlled by two other
loft settings named Contour and Banking.
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