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Style Spline Support for B-Splines

You can create B-Splines of 3º, 5º, or 7º with the Style Spline tool. You can adjust the smoothness of the curve by manipulating the degree of the curve.

Previously, you could only create a Bezier curve with the Spline tool. When converting a spline into a Style Spline, many unusable points were created, making it difficult to work with.

You can have one-to-one conversion from a Spline to a Style Spline since the resulting Style Spline will now be a degree 3 B-Spline.

Click Tools > Sketch Entities > Style Spline . In the Insert Style Spline PropertyManager, select from options B-Spline Degree 3, B-Spline Degree 5 and, B-Spline Degree 7.

Bezier curve
Degree 3 B-Spline
Degree 5 B-Spline
Degree 7 B-Spline
The minimum points required to create 3º, 5º, and 7º B-Splines are 4, 6, and 8 respectively.


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