Re: Im****t Splines With Tangency

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> On Jan 10, 10:59 pm, "Janes" <dja...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>> "gluteous maximus equus" <n...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>> >> that these curves are splines
>>
>> > They are unless the curve definition is two points.  Then its
>> > a line.  That's do***ented in Help somewhere.
>>
>> >> im****t a point array, then create curves as described above.
>> >> Is that what the Independent Geometry Feature does? Isn't
>> >> that one of those things from REXX?
>>
>> > The Independent Geometry feature showed up in WF2 with the
>> > addition of Scan-Tools to the FA license?  It allows you to
>> > copy or move standard model mode feature geometry into the
>> > same environment used for Im****t Feature geometry manipulation.
>>
>> Okay, well I'll have to try this with some IBL created geometry and see

>> what
>> use can be made of it. Any "user friendliness" built in? Im****t Feature
>> editing is horrendous! And probably not what the OP is looking for.
>>
>> David Janes
>
> Thanks for the discussion. I'm not familar with the Independent
> Geometry feature, and I'm not sure what you mean by Im****t Feature.
> Can you tell me where to go in the menu so I try it out?
>
> I've im****ted the IBL file as datum curves. Edit Definition allows
> some manipulation of the curve definition, but as far as I can tell
> does not allow end conditions to be specified.
>
> My workaround has been to scrap the IBL's and just read in the spline
> points as Datum Points Offset from CSYS. Create spline through points
> with appropriate tangency end conditions.
>
> Dave

Could you use the IBL file for the point array definition? If not, where
did 
you get the points?

David Janes