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Procedure
To change segment properties:
1.
Select an editable spline segment, and then
right-click.
2. On the Tools 1 (upper-left) quadrant of the
quadmenu,chooseLineorCurve.
The effect of changing segment properties
varies according to the type of vertices at the
segment end.
•Cornerverticesalwaysresultinline
segments regardless of the segment property.
• Smooth vertices can support both line or
cur ve segment properties.
• Bezier and Bezier Corner vertices apply their
tangent handles only to curve segments.
Tangent handles are ignored by line
segments.
•Atangenthandleassociatedwithaline
segment displays an X at the end of the
handle. You can still transform the hand le,
butithasnoeffectuntilthesegmentis
conv erted to a curve segment.
Tip: Ifyouhaveproblemstransformingthe
handles, display the axis constraints toolbar
and change the transform axis there.
Inter face
Rendering, Interpolation, and Selection rollouts
For information on the Rendering, Interpolation
(page 1–291) and S election rollout (page 1–293)
settings, see Editable Spline (page 1–289).
Soft Sele ction rollout
For information on the Soft Selection rollout
settings, see Soft Selection Rollout (page 1–963).
Geom etry rollout
New Ver tex Type group
The radio buttons in this group let you determine
thetangencyofthenewverticescreatedwhenyou
Shi f t +Clone segments or splines. If you later use
Connect Copy, vertices on the splines that connect
the original segment or spline to the new one will
havethetypespecifiedinthisgroup.
This sett ing has no effect on the tangency of
vertices created using tools such as the Create Line
button, Refine, and s o on.
•
Linear—New vertices will have linear tangency.
•
Smooth—New vertices will have smooth
tangency.
When this option is chosen, new vertices that
overlap are automatically welded.
•
Bezier—New vertices will have b ezier tangency.
•
B ezier Cor ner—New vertices will have bezier
corner tangency.
Cr e a te Lin e —Adds more splines to the selected
spline. These lines are separate spline sub-objects;
createtheminthesamewayastheline spline (page
1–270). To exit line creation, right-click or click
to turn off Create Line.
Break—Letsyouspecifyabreakpointatany
segment in the shape (you do not have to first select
a segment). When on, the mouse icon changes