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| - | ====== Spline Edit ====== | + | ====== Spline Edit (Layout Tool) - Basic Use ====== |
| This Layout Tool is the heart of the Spline Toolkit. It allows you to edit splines that are attached to [[primitive]]. | This Layout Tool is the heart of the Spline Toolkit. It allows you to edit splines that are attached to [[primitive]]. | ||
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| * **Length Only** Only the distance of the control point to the knot is changed, the direction remains. | * **Length Only** Only the distance of the control point to the knot is changed, the direction remains. | ||
| * **Angle Only** Only the direction of the control point to the knot is changed, the distance remains. | * **Angle Only** Only the direction of the control point to the knot is changed, the distance remains. | ||
| + | {{ : | ||
| ==== Numerical ==== | ==== Numerical ==== | ||
| - | {{ : | + | |
| === Knot Position === | === Knot Position === | ||
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| The position of the current out control point which may be edited as well. | The position of the current out control point which may be edited as well. | ||
| - | === Twist === | + | === Up Vector |
| - | The twist angle for the current knot. | + | The Up Vector is used to align items along the spline. |
| - | === Reset Twist === | + | While the direction of the spline is defined by the spline itself, an item could be banked any way around it. |
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| + | The up vector defines the direction that is considered to be upwards at a specific knot. This value is interpolated from one knot to the next as an item moves along a spline. | ||
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| + | ==== Settings ==== | ||
| - | Sets the twist back to 0° | ||
| - | ==== Display ==== | ||
| - | {{ : | ||
| === Axis Handles === | === Axis Handles === | ||
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| Toggles the display of the planar handles for knots and control points. | Toggles the display of the planar handles for knots and control points. | ||
| + | {{ : | ||
| + | === Up Vector Handle === | ||
| - | === Twist Handles === | + | Toggles the display of the up vector handle |
| - | + | ||
| - | Toggles the display of the twist handles | + | |
| === Numerical Position === | === Numerical Position === | ||
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| Toggles the display of the viewport menu. | Toggles the display of the viewport menu. | ||
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| + | === Consolidate Undos === | ||
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| + | This changes how the undo system works. By default, actions are consolidated. | ||
| + | Basically, multiple edits of the same type to the same item are stored as one undo step. | ||
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| + | For example, if you move a specific knot multiple times in a row, say to tweak it, then all of the moves will be consolidated to a single un^do step if this option is enabled. | ||
| + | If this option is disabled then every single small move of that knot will be a separate undo step. | ||
| === Open Spline Prefs...=== | === Open Spline Prefs...=== | ||
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| + | ===== Handles ===== | ||
| + | When selected, a knot will provide multiple handles to edit the knot, the control points as well as the twist angle for the knot. Some of these may be turned off in the tool panel, Display tab, if they clutter the viewport. | ||
| + | ==== Position ==== | ||
| + | Position handles are displayed as circles around the knots as well as the control points of the currently selected knot. | ||
| + | The in and out control points have different colours, depending on the [[prefs]]. | ||
| + | They can be selected and dragged in all three dimensions, depending on the viewport. | ||
| + | ==== Axis ==== | ||
| + | Axis handles are coloured arrows pointing along the major three axis in local space. They are shown for the selected knot and control points. | ||
| + | Selecting and dragging them restricts the movement to that axis only. | ||
| + | ==== Planar ==== | ||
| + | Planar handles are coloured, dashed rectangles aligned to the main three planes in local space. They are shown for the selected knot and control points. | ||
| - | ===== Handles ===== | + | Selecting and dragging them restricts the movement to that plane only. |
| - | When selected, a knot will provide multiple handles to edit the knot, the control points as well as the twist angle for the knot. Some of these may be turned off in the tool panel, Display tab, if they clutter the viewport. | + | ==== Up Vector |
| - | + | ||
| - | ==== Position ==== | + | |
| - | ==== Axis ==== | + | |
| - | ==== Planar | + | |
| + | The up vector handle is a small circle and a dashed line to the selected knot, rendered in green. | ||
| + | It can be selected and moved in all three dimensions. Since there' | ||
| + | ===== Known Issues ===== | ||
| + | * Switching the tool from one viewport to another can be glitchy at times. We tried to keep it safe so it requires a click on the new viewport to make the handles active again. | ||
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