Other

This page describes other curve editing tools that are not accessible via the edit menus.

Draw Curve

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The Curve draw tool allows you to free-hand draw curves.

• Error
• Error distance in object units. This can be seen similar to a subdivision rate for the curve.Lower values give a result that is closer to the drawing stroke while higher values give more smoothed results.
• Fit Method
• • Refit
  • Incrementally re-fits the curve (gives best results).
  • Split
  • Splits the curve until the tolerance is met (gives a better drawing performance).
• Corner Angle
• Any angles above this are considered corners.
• Cyclic
• Toggles whether or not the curve is Cyclic.

Stroke Options

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Curve Stroke panel.

• Type

• Type of curve to use for drawing.

  • Poly
  • Bézier Curve with straight line segments (auto handles).
  • Bézier
  • • Tolerance
    • Lower values give a result that is closer to the drawing stroke,while higher values give more smoothed results.
    • Method
    • • Refit
      • Incrementally re-fits the curve (gives best results).
      • Split
      • Splits the curve until the tolerance is met (gives a better drawing performance).
    • Detect Corners

    • Detects corners and uses non-aligned handles for them.

      • Corner Angle
      • Any angles above this are considered corners.
• Pressure Radius
• • Min
  • Minimum radius when the minimum pressure is applied (also the minimum when tapering).
  • Max
  • Radius to use when the maximum pressure is applied (or when a tablet is not used).
• Projection Depth

• Options to control where/how the curves are drawn.

  • Cursor
  • Uses the depth under the cursor to draw curves.
  • Surface

  • Used to draw on top of other objects.

    • Offset
    • Distance to offset the curve from the surface.
    • Absolute Offset
    • Applies a fixed offset (does not scale by the curve radius).
    • Only First

    • Only uses the start of the stroke for the depth.

      • Normal/View
      • Draws perpendicular to the surface.
      • Normal/Surface
      • Draws aligned to the surface.
      • View
      • Draws aligned to the viewport.

Set Goal Weight

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Sets the curve's Weight for the selected control point to the specified value.If more than one control point is selected this will set the Mean Weight.

Add Vertex

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Interactively places new points with Ctrl-RMB at the cursor position.With the selection it deals in same manner as the Extrude Curve and Move tool.