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With this command, you can create a new spline segment. Select one of the points that you want
to separate. After using Break Segment, you will have a new segment and all points on either side
of the separated segment will become a new segment. If the selected points are not consecutive, a
number of spline segments will be created, one for each of any consecutive points and one from the
remaining points.
To add a new segment to an existing spline, you must rst create the rst point of the new segment.
Before the break, it is still connected to the old segment. If you now use Break Segment then the new
segment will start here; you can now add new points using the Add Points command.
Explode Segments
Using this command, you can split the individual segments of a spline into separate objects. An
individual spline object is created from each segment of the original. Only the rst segment of the
original spline remains. You do not need to have a selection and you do not need to be in point
mode. The new spline objects become sub-objects of the original spline and are given the names
‘<objectname>.<number>’.
For example, a text spline object can easily be split into individual letters. (Keep in mind that certain
letters, such as ‘e’, may be exploded into two or more segments because of their holes. You may want
to group these segments to re-create the entire letter.)
Set First Point
This command requires a point selection and works in point mode only.
When you choose this command, the selected point of a spline is dened as the new start point of
the spline and the remaining points are re-sorted accordingly. If there are several segments within
the spline, you can select a point or points within each segment; each segment will be re-ordered
according to the chosen point(s) within it. If more than one point per segment is selected, the rst
point within the spline order is dened as the start point.
Remember that the start of a spline is colored yellow while the end is reddish in color.
Reverse Sequence
To reverse the point order of a segment (i.e. make the rst point the last point, the last point the
rst point and re-order all intervening points), select one or more points of the segment and choose
Reverse Sequence. You can also apply this option simultaneously to several segments by Shift-selecting
the points of these segments. If no points are selected, the sequence of the complete spline (and all
of its segments) is reversed.