Translations:Draft CubicBezCurve/8/en

From FreeCAD Documentation
  1. There are several ways to invoke the command:
    • Press the Cubic Bézier curve button.
    • Select the Drafting → Bézier tools → Cubic Bézier curve option from the menu.
  2. The Cubic Bézier curve task panel opens. See Options for more information.
  3. It is not possible the enter points via the task panel.
  4. For the following Mouse Navigation Models a keyboard key must to be held down:
    • If you are using OpenInventor Navigation the Ctrl key must be held down throughout the command.
    • If you are using Gesture Navigation the Alt key must be held down for each click-hold-release sequence, but is also possible to keep this key held down throughout the command.
  5. Pick the first point in the 3D view and hold the mouse button (1), this is the first endpoint.
  6. Drag the pointer to another point in the 3D view and release the mouse button (2), this is the first control point.
  7. Move the pointer to another point in the 3D view, pick this point and hold the mouse button (3), this is the second endpoint.
  8. Move the pointer to another point in the 3D view to adjust the final curvature of the segment and release the mouse button (4), this is the second control point.
  9. You now have one Bézier curve of the 3rd degree.
  10. Optionally repeat the process of clicking and holding (5), and dragging and releasing (6) to add more segments.
  11. Each subsequent segment will use the second endpoint and second control point of the previous segment as its first endpoint and first control point respectively.
  12. Press Esc or the Close button to finish the command.