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        <title>Understanding Curves: Air Intake Exercise - What start/end order do I use Bridging Curves?</title>
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        <pubDate>Thu, 23 Apr 2026 00:19:57 +0000</pubDate>
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<p>What is the reason that we select Dark Blue's <strong>edge and point</strong> before selecting Grey's <strong>edge</strong> in<strong> step 1</strong>?<br />
What is the reason that we select Dark Blue's <strong>edge </strong>before selecting Grey's <strong>edge and point</strong> in<strong> step 2</strong>?</p><p><em>et cetera…</em></p><p>For what reason are the edges chosen in this manner? I want to understand why a single piece doesn't have all the Start selection. What is the best practice to making Bridging Curves? Is it similar to fastening a tire, tightening the nut across from one another in a star shape as if i'm evening out pressure?</p><p>I would really love if this part of the course was more clear on what effects my ordering of parameters will have, if any :).</p><span data-embedjson="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/us.v-cdn.net\/5022071\/uploads\/8416IP83R2NY\/screenshot-2026-04-23-094251.png&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;Screenshot 2026-04-23 094251.png&quot;,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image\/png&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:183160,&quot;width&quot;:1050,&quot;height&quot;:612,&quot;displaySize&quot;:&quot;small&quot;,&quot;float&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;downloadUrl&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/forum.onshape.com\/api\/v2\/media\/download-by-url?url=https%3A%2F%2Fus.v-cdn.net%2F5022071%2Fuploads%2F8416IP83R2NY%2Fscreenshot-2026-04-23-094251.png&quot;,&quot;active&quot;:true,&quot;mediaID&quot;:55775,&quot;dateInserted&quot;:&quot;2026-04-23T00:13:16+00:00&quot;,&quot;insertUserID&quot;:73033,&quot;foreignType&quot;:&quot;embed&quot;,&quot;foreignID&quot;:&quot;73033&quot;,&quot;embedType&quot;:&quot;image&quot;,&quot;embedStyle&quot;:&quot;rich_embed_card&quot;}">
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