Tool Palettes > BlendCrv Tools > Blend curve create

BlendCrv Tools > Blend curve create

Lets you create new blend curves in the scene by placing location constraints. You can also use this tool to edit existing blend curves.

See Draw a blend curve

See Create a curve connecting objects

Use the Blend curve create tool to create the initial shape of the curve. Then you can add, edit, or delete the initial constraints using the constraint tools.

Knot Spacing

"Knot" is another term for edit point.

Chord: the new curve's edit points will be parameterized by the chord length of the curve in current units. The chord length is the cumulative straight line distance between consecutive edit points.The starting point of the curve has the parameter 0.0, and the ending point has the parameter equal to the total chord length of the curve.

Uniform: the new curve's edit points will have integral parameters: the first edit point will be parameter 0.0, the second will be 1.0, and so on.

Curve Degree

The mathematical degree of the curve created, which control the number of CVs per span: 1 (linear), 2 (quadratic), 3 (cubic), 5 or 7. The default is 5. (For some products the default may be 3.)

Degree 2, 5 and 7 curves are not available for all AliasStudio products.