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 ====== Spline Preferences ======
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+This Master Plugin defines the defaults for splines in the current scene. The settings are saved with the scene.
+===== Controls =====
+==== Show Knots ====
+Displays a small circle at the position of the knots in the viewport.
+==== Show Start/End Knots ====
+Displays a small circle at the position of the starting and ending knot of a spline in the viewport. This uses the colours defined below.
+==== Start Colour ====
+This is the colour used to draw the first knot in a spline (if Show Start/End Knots is enabled) and also to draw the main handle of the incoming control point of a knot.
+==== End Colour ====
+This is the colour used to draw the last knot in a spline (if Show Start/End Knots is enabled) and also to draw the main handle of the outgoing control point of a knot.
+==== Selected Spline / Deselected Spline ====
+The following settings are available for selected and deselected spline. This allows you to reduce clutter in the viewport for splines that aren't selected.
+=== Display Steps per Knot ===
+This is used when the spline is selected and drawn into a viewport.
+The value is number of lines drawn in the layout viewport per span to approximate the shape of the spline. The higher the value, the smoother the viewport representation is.
+However, a larger value also takes longer to draw and uses a bit more memory.
+This value can be quite low if you have many splines in your scene and the ones you don't have selected don't have to be as precise.
+=== Line Width ===
+The width of the lines used to draw a selected spline in the viewports in pixels.
+=== Display Alignment ===
+This shows the orientation along the spline as well as the influence of the up vector.
+  * **None** Doesn't show any normals.
+  * **Every Step** Shows the normals for every Evaluation Step.
+  * **Knots Only** Only shows the normals at the knots.
+  * **Ribbon** Doesn't show the normals but displays the spline as a ribbon.