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Parameters rollout
Lengt h—Controls the height of the vertical leg of
the angle.
Width—Controls the width of the horizontal leg
of the angle.
Thick ness—Controls the thickness of both legs of
the angle.
Sync Corner Fillets—When turned on, Corner
Radius 1 controls the radius of both the interior
and exterior corners between the vertical and
horizontal legs. It also maintains the thickness of
the section. Default=on.
Co rner Radius 1— Controls the exterior radius
between the vert ica l and hor i zontal legs of the
angle.
Co rner Radius 2—Controls the interior radius
between the vert ica l and hor i zontal legs of the
angle.
Edge R adii—Controls the interior radius at the
outermost edges of the vertical and horizontal legs.
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 or width of the legs of the angle.
Tee Spline
Create panel > Shapes > Extended Splines > Object Type
rollout > Tee
Create menu > Shapes > Te e
Use Tee to create a closed T-shaped spline. You
can specify the radius of the two interior corners
between the vertical web and horizontal flange of
the sect ion.
Example of Tee
Procedure
To cr ea te a Tee s pl i ne:
1.
Go to the Create panel and choose
Shapes.
2. Open the Shapes List and select Extended
Splines.
3. Click Tee.
4. Drag and release the mouse button to define
the initial size of t he tee.
5. Move the mouse and then click to define the
thickness of the wa lls of the tee.
Interf ace
Rendering and Interpolation rollouts
All spline-based shapes share these parameters.
For explanations, see
Splines and Extended Splines
(page 1–261)
.