Smooth

Menu access: Curve | Smooth

Description:

Allows you to smooth a curve by creating interpolation points on it and construction of a curve through them.

General philosophy:

You can choose between five different modes :

• Arc length : The interpolation points are distributed on an equidistant way along the arc length of the curve.

• Length : The interpolation points are distributed on each section of the curve according to their length (the number of points on each section depends on its length).On each section, the points are equidistant along a chosen reference axis.

• Radial : The interpolation points are distributed along the curve on an angular way from a central point called "focal".

• Model : Uses a reference curve on which the interpolation points are created before being projected on the curve to smooth.

• Tolerance : Interpolation points are created along the curve according to a chosen angular and linear tolerance.

• Reduction of points : The curve is rebuilt with a given tolerance by distributing on the curve a number of interpolation points included in a given value and the actual number of interpolation points.

The most useful modes are in order:

• Tolerance,

• Arc length,

• Reduction of point

• Radial,

• and in a few cases, model and length.