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Parameters rollout
Lengt h—Controls the height of the vertical web
of the wide flange.
Width—Controls the width of the horizontal
flanges crossing the wide flange.
Thick ness—Controls the thickness of the web and
flanges.
Co rner Radius—Controls the r adius of the four
interior corners between the vertical web and
horizontal flanges.
Note: Take care when adjusting these sett ings.
There are no constraining relationships between
them. Therefore, it’s possible to s et a radius
(Corner Radius) that is greater than the length of
the web or width of the flanges.
Editable Splines
Editable Spline
Create or select a spline > Modify panel > Right-click
spline entry in the stack display > Convert To: Editable
Spline
Create a line > Modify panel
Create or select a spline > Right-click the spline >
Transform (lower-right) quadrant of the quad menu >
Convert To: > Convert to Editable Spline
Editable Spline provides controls for manipulating
an object as a spline object and at three sub-object
levels: vertex, segment, and spli ne.
The functions in Editable Spline are the same as
those in the
Edit Spline modifier (page 1–671) .
The exception is that when you convert an existing
spline shape to an editable spline, the creation
parameters are no longer accessible or animatable.
However, the spline’s interpolation settings (step
settings) remain available in the editable spline.
When a spline-editing operation (typically,
moving a segment or vertex) causes end vertices
to overlap, you can use the
Weld command to
weld the overlapping vertices together or the
Fuse
command if you want the two overlapping vertices
tooccupythesamepointinspacebutremain
separate ver tices.
Note: Welding coincident vert ices is controlled by
the
End Point A uto-Welding feature .
Show End R esult
If you have several modifiers higher in
themodifierstack,andwanttoseetheresults
of edits in an Edit Spline modifier or Editable
Spline object, then turn on Show End Result on
theModifypanel.Asyoueditthesplinenetwork,
you’ll be able to see the result of modifiers above