THIS 22.1

Interactive Curve Editing

Interactive Curve Editing

After a curve has been selected it is displayed using a thicker line to highlight it in any graphs that it is visible in.

As well as being highlighted the curve points can be edited interactively and the Quick Pick menu in the main Tool Bar (see Tool Bar for more details) is replaced with the EDIT menu.

Modify


Drag X,Y Modify the point nearest to the screen pick by dragging it's position in both the X and Y axis directions.
Drag X Drag a point in the X axis direction only.
Drag Y Drag a point in the Y axis direction only.

Insert

Between


Finds the nearest segment to the point selected on the screen and then projects the point onto the segment.
At Cursor


Finds the nearest segment to the point selected on the screen and then inserts the a point at the screen location between the 2 ends of the segment.
Split Segment


Finds the nearest segment to the point selected on the screen and then splits the segment in 2 or more parts.

At Start

Inserts a new point at the screen location before the first point in the curve.

At End

Inserts a new point at the screen location after the last point in the curve.

Delete

Point Finds the nearest point to the screen pick and deletes it.
To End Finds the nearest point to the screen pick and deletes all points in the curve from that point onwards.
From Start Finds the nearest point to the screen pick and deletes all points in the curve up to that point.

Locate

Finds the nearest point to the screen pick and updates the list of points in the main edit panel so that the points either side of the picked point are displayed.

Restart

Resets the curve being edited to the values at the start of the edit session.

Save (Overwrite)

Overwrite the original curve with the edited one.

Save (Highest used + 1)

Save the edited curve as a new curve without overwriting the original curve.

Quit

Quits the Curve Editor without making any changes to the curve.


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