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Renderable Spline Modifier 781
Iterations=0,1, 5
Relax Value=-0.5
Keep Boundary Pts Fixed—Controls w hether
vertices at the edges of open meshes are moved.
Default=on.
When Keep Boundary Pts Fixed is on, boundary
verticesdonotmovewhiletherestoftheobject
is relaxed. This option is particularly useful
when working with multiple objects, or multiple
elements within a single object, that share open
edges.
When this check box is off, all vertices of the object
are relaxed.
Keep Boundary Pts Fixed=on
Iterations=0, 10, 50
Keep Boundary Pts Fixed=off
Iterations=0, 10, 50
Save Outer Corners—Preserves the original
positions of vertices farthest away from the object
center.
R endera ble S pline M odif ier
Select a shape. > Modify panel > Modifier List >
Renderable Spline
TheRenderableSplinemodifierletsyousetthe
renderable properties of a spline object, without
collapsingthesplinetoaneditablespline.Thisis
part icularly useful with splines you have linked
to from AutoCAD. It also lets you apply the same
rendering properties to multiple splines at once.
Note: This modifier cannot be applied to NURBS
curves.
Interfa ce
Enab le I n R enderer —When on, the shape is
rendered as a 3D mesh using the Radial or
Rectangular parameters set for Renderer. In
previous versions of the program, the Renderable
switch performed the same operation.