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Move Down Sequence, Move Up Sequence
These commands can also be applied to the polygons of a polygon object. As explained in the polygon
coordinate system section, the Matrix Extrude tool uses this coordinate system for alignment and
this depends on the order of the points of a polygon. You can change this order with Move Down
Sequence or Move Up Sequence.
These commands change the order of the points. With Move Down Sequence, the sequence number
of each point is incremented and the last point of the original sequence will be the rst point in the
new sequence. With Move Up Sequence, the sequence number of each point is decremented and the
rst point of the original sequence will be the last point in the new sequence.
You may also apply the command simultaneously to several segments by Shift-clicking points of these
segments. If no points are selected, all points of the spline (and all of its segments) are moved up or
down the sequence.
Chamfer
Chamfer is an interactive tool. This means you control the tool directly with the mouse; select the tool
then drag left or right within the viewport. Chamfer converts each selected point to two points with
soft interpolation between them. Using this you can, for example, round the corners of a square by
chamfering the points once or even several times.
Only the selected points are chamfered. If no points are selected, all connected points of a spline are
chamfered. For an open spline, the start and end points will not be included in the chamfer. If a point
possesses tangents then these will be set to zero before chamfering.
Attribute manager settings
Radius, Flat
Flat disabled — each new point has a
tangent created to round the chamfer.
Flat enabled — no tangents are
created and the spline runs linearly
between the two new points.