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-====== Spline Edit (Layout Tool)======+====== 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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 Selecting and dragging them restricts the movement to that plane only. Selecting and dragging them restricts the movement to that plane only.
  
-==== Twist ====+==== Up Vector ====
  
-The twist handle is a small circle and a dashed line to the selected knot.+The up vector handle is a small circle and a dashed line to the selected knot, rendered in green.
  
-Selecting it and moving the mouse to the left/right will change the twist value for the knot. Then Angle is displayed numerically as well.+It can be selected and moved in all three dimensions. Since there's no axis or planar handles (yet), that may require changing the viewing angle to get into the desired position.
  
 ===== Known Issues ===== ===== Known Issues =====
  
-  * Sometimes a click will not register in a viewport (especially in a perspective view). This is due to LW delivering garbage coordinates which the tool filters out and ignores. 
   * 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.   * 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.
tools/s-tk/layout-tool.1565270826.txt.gz · Last modified: 2019/08/08 15:27 by lightwolf