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Breaking the Coincidence at the end of a Spline
mitchel_palmer
Member Posts: 20 ✭✭
Hey guys
i noticed that you can break the coincidence at the end of a spline by deleting it.
Once deleted, point can become separated if you select on and move it...
i noticed that you can break the coincidence at the end of a spline by deleting it.
Once deleted, point can become separated if you select on and move it...
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When you delete the constraint at the end of the spline, you are effectively able to drag the end of the spline to trim it. Behind the scenes there are two splines, one is the spline defined by the interpolation conditions, the other is the trimmed spline that occupies a part of the overall spline. It’s analogous to a circle and an arc. Deleting the end constraint allows you to shorten the spline without changing its shape, which is effectively what trim does if you trim a spline back. We could recreate the spline on trim but that would be bad, from a regeneration/stability perspective.
Often, the coincident constraint that attaches the end of the spline to the next entity may be hidden by this constraint, so try dragging them out of the way to see if there is more than one. We are working on a better way to convey this graphically.