Hello,

Normally when adjusting spline control points, I would disable snapping, as it can be a problem when attempting fine manual adjustment, as the control point can be pulled/snapped to an underlying object. But it appears that end_point and mid_point snapping need to be enabled so that dragging control points is allowed (a bit strange)
Is there any other way to manually adjust the control points without having this need to have the snapping enabled?


Regards,

Steve

When all snaps are disabled you can select a control point and use the arrow keys to nudge the points by a defined amount in the preferences arrow key nudge distance.


Jason

Thanks Jason,
I had missed that setting. By default the arrow keys move the screen around, so did not think them multi-function.

Regards,

Yes, now you mention it, the spline tools (which I rarely use anyway), are quite confusing. The control point spline and the bezier spine appear to do nothing at all until until I double-click or press escape. How can I possibly know what I am supposed to draw, if I can't see it, or is that a clue to what is going on? :confused: :confused: :confused:

I presume you mean the lack of real_time feedback of the creation of the curves?

There does appear to be limitations with Viacad with any sort of real_time feedback, be it creation of curves or adjustment of surfaces as example.
Is this a limitation within the program, or the OS being used,... currently I am on windows(XP)

Regards,

Hi Paul,
Yes.

OK, thanks.
Yes, on the PC it is ctrl+d

I would not like to see the control points auto display, as that could be a problem if the intention is to continue with multi_segments(due to need to split curves for crease/corner), but would welcome the possibilty to double click (as you mention) to bring up the control points (as currently double clicking the resulting curves as no effect) or have a second right click bring up the options with "show points" included (see note)



Note:
I would also like to see some consistency of the behavior of a right click at the end of curves. With control point curves a right click simply ends the current curve, with lines, a right click will end the line, another right click brings up various options (the second right click while in splines as no effect)


Regards,


- Steve

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WinXP pro sp2

Hi Steve,



Yup, I second that. Utilizing the mouse saves overhead in the UI so im wondering if a shortcut could be setup ?. Personally, Ctrl D works for me but I have a nasty habit of using F10 & F11 :D

Hi Tom,

I was just taking a look.
Is there any way to get a full list of the keys pre-assigned?
I was expecting that when you select a command in the shortcut window that it would show any allocated shortcut key, but it does not (on the various versions I am trying winXP). I did make a printout which (appears) to show all commands, but that only shows about 20 predefined keys, and (as example) show points (ctrl+d) does not show as assigned.


Regards,

The spline tool is a bit of a different animal when it comes to how to use them. To get instant feedback as you draw, Click a start point and let go of the mouse then move to your next point and click again and repeat, the line will draw from point to point as you go.