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Editable Spline (Segment) 301
Connect Copy group
Co nnect Copy—When on, shift-cloning a segment
creates a new spline sub-object with additional
splines that connect the new segment’s vertices to
the ver tices of the orig inal segment. It is analogous
to shift-cloning edges in Editable Mesh and
Editable Poly objects.
Note: For Connect Copy to work, you must turn it
on before you shift-clone.
Threshold— Determinesthedistancesoftselection
will use when Connect Copy is turned on. A
higher threshold will result in m ore splines being
created, a lower threshold will result in fewer
splines.
End Point Auto-Welding group
Automatic Welding—When Automatic Welding is
turned on, an end point vertex that is placed or
moved within the threshold distance of another
endpointofthesamesplineisautomatically
welded. This feature is available at the object and
all sub-object levels.
Threshold—The threshold distance spinner is a
proximity setting that controls how close vertices
can be to one another before they are automatically
welded. Default=6.0.
Insert—Inserts one or more vertices, creating
additional segments. Click anywhere in a segment
to insert a vertex and attach the mouse to the
spline. Then optionally move t he mouse and
click to place the new vertex. Continue moving
the mouse and clicking to add vertices. A single
click inserts a corner vertex, while a drag creates a
Bezier (smooth) vertex.
Right-click to complete the operation and release
the mouse. At this point, you’re still in Insert
mode, and can beg in inser ting vertices in a
different segment. Otherwise, right-click again or
click Insert to exit Insert mode.
Hide—Hides selected seg ments. Select one or more
segments, and then click Hide.
Unhide All —Displays a ny hidden sub-objects.
Delete—Deletes any selected segments in the
current shape.
Selected and deleted segment
Divi de—Subdivides the selected segment or
segments by adding the number of vertices
specified by the spinner. Select one or more
segments, set the Divisions spinner (to the button’s