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Before. After.
While editing splines, by dragging with the Shift key held down, a tangent handle can be moved
independently of its partner handle, forming a sharp corner at that point along the spline’s curve. If
you change your mind later on and want to restore smoothness, you can do so using this command.
The left tangent will remain where it is, while the right tangent will be rotated until it is equal and
opposite in direction, forming the straight tangent pair that guarantees a smooth spline curve. If no
points are selected, all points are included automatically.
Join Segment
Before. After.
A spline can consist of several unconnected segments (a text spline is a good example of this). If you
want to connect two of these segments, select one or more points of each segment and use the Join
Segment command. The start points of each spline are joined to the end points of the other spline. If
you directly select the end points of the two segments, however, these are also joined. If these end
points have the same position, one of them will be deleted when joining.
You can join either two or all segments at the same time. If more than two segments are selected then
only the rst two are joined. If no points are selected, all segments of a spline are joined.
Break Segment
This command requires a point selection and works in point mode only.