Divisions on a curve

[aRTCy]

I'm trying to add more breaks on a CV curve to smooth it out. Does anyone know how to do that?

[Professor Watkins]

You trying to add more points to smooth it out? Or add more points to get more control? We'd approach the problem differently for these two situations.

[aRTCy]

To smooth it out.

[Professor Watkins]

Well, I'm not too sure exactly what you're trying to do; but here are a few things that would be of note:

- If you're getting a truly linear line that doesn't even look like a curve, it is because your Curve Degree is set to 1 Linear. Make sure that when you use Create>CV Curve Tool (Options) that your setting in the tool is 3 Cubic.

- If you already have a linear curve and wish to make the Curve Degree different; select the curve and select Modeling-Edit Curves>Rebuild Curve. Here you can change the Curve Degree to whatever you'd like.

- Also of note is that in the Rebuild Curve section, you can change the Parameter Range to "0 to # Spans" Note that lower down you can dictate the number of spans to use. An increased number of spans will give you more control vertices to use.

- Finally take note of the Curve Editing Tool (Modeling-Edit Curves>Curve Editing Tool). This tool seems kind of weird when you first work with it; but think of it as a tool that allows you to select any point along a curve (not the control vertices). This point can then be moved or altered similar to a bezier curve point. Note that when you dictate a point, there are some extra handles that let you control the curve around that point. As you work with it, you'll find that it is actually quite powerful.

Hope that helps.