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Splines and Extended Splines 261
Intersection poi nts highlighted by Shape Check
Inter face
Pick Object—Click this button, and then click the
shapefortheutilitytocheck.Youcanpickonly
spline- and NURBS-based shapes and curves.
Points of intersection discovered by the utility are
highlighted with red boxes. The text below the
button indicates whether any points of intersection
occur.
Clo se—Closes the utility.
Splines
Create panel > Shapes > Splines
Create menu > Shapes
Create panel > Shapes > Extended Splines
Splines include the following object types:
Line Spline (page 1–265)
Rectangle Spline (p age 1–267)
Circle Spline (page 1 –268)
Ellipse Spline (page 1–269)
Arc Spline (page 1–269)
Donut Spline (p age 1–271)
NGon Spline (page 1–272)
Star Spline (p age 1–272)
Text Spline (page 1–273)
Helix Spline (p age 1–276)
Sect ion Spline (page 1–277)
Extended Splines include the following object
types:
WRectangle Spline (p age 1–279)
Channel Spline (page 1–280)
Angle Spline (page 1–281)
Tee Spline (page 1–282)
Wide Flange Spline (page 1–283)
This topic covers aspects of spline and extended
spline creation t hat are common to all spline
object types, including the para meters available
in the General rollout. For parameters unique to
a particular spline or extended spline type, see its
section by clicking the appropriate lin k above.
Procedures
To control star ting a new shape manually:
1.
OntheCreatepanel,turnoffthecheckbox
next to the Start New Shape button.
2. Click the Start New Shape button.
3. Begin creating splines.
Each spline is added to the compound shape.
Youcantellyouarecreatingacompoundshape
because all the splines remain selected.
4. Click Start New Shape to complete the current
shapeandpreparetostartanother.
Issues to remember about creating shapes: