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and exterior corners of the wrectangle. It also
maintains the thickness of the section. Default=on.
Co rner Radius 1—Controls the radius of all four
interior and exterior corners of the section.
IfSyncCornerFilletsisturnedoff,CornerRadius
1 controls the radius of the four exterior corners
of the wrectangle.
Co rner Radius 2—Controls the radius of the four
interior corners of the wrectangle.
Corner Radius 2 is only available when Sync
Corner Fillets is turned off.
Note: Take care when adjusting these sett ings.
There are no constraining relationships between
them. Therefore, it’s possible to set an inside
radius(CornerRadius2)thatisgreaterthanthe
length and width of the sides.
Channel S pline
Create panel > Shapes > Extended Splines > Object Type
rollout > Channel
Create menu > Shapes > Channel
Use Channel to create a closed “C” shaped spline.
You have the option to spec ify t he interior and
exterior corners between the vertical web and
horizontal legs of the section.
Example of Channel
Procedure
To create a channel:
1.
Go to the Create panel and choose
Shapes.
2. Open the Shapes List and select Extended
Splines.
3. Click Channel.
4. Drag and release the mouse button to define
the outer perimeter of the channel.
5. Move the mouse and then click to define the
thicknessofthewallsofthechannel.
Interf ace
Rendering and Interpolation rollouts
All spline-based shapes share these parameters.
For explanations, see
Splines and Extended Splines
(page 1–261)
.
Creation Meth od rollout
TheChannelshapeusesthestandardcreation
methodsofCenterorEdge. Mostspline-based
shapes share the same Creation Metho d
parameters. For explanations, see
Splines and
Extended Splines (page 1–261)
.
Parameters rollout