Blend-Point & Segment toolbar

Contents

		SEGMENT EDITOR	Edit motion-values of the RED Selected-Segment [Red is the default 'active' colour]
		BLEND-POINT EDITOR	Edit motion-values of Blend-Point, at the start [left] of the RED Selected-Segment.
		Insert Blend-Point	Add a new Blend-Point as specified by a mouse-click in the graph area.
		Insert Blend-Point At...	Add a new Blend-Point 'at' a specified X-axis value.
		Insert Segment	Add a segment before the Selected-Segment
		Append Segment	Add a Segment to the end of the motion
		Delete Segment	Remove the Selected-Segment
		Data Transfer Table	Import and Export motion data

A Blend-Point is at a single X-axis value. A point on the X-axis where one segment ends and the next segment starts.

You can see Blend-Points as a small 'diamond' ◊ symbol. The diamond is actually two triangles.

	Blend-Point - two triangles to give a diamond, each triangle identifies the end of a segment and the start of a segment.
	Active Blend-Point - has a red, or orange outline [at the start of the red Selected Segment
	The Start of the Selected-Segment. This symbol may also be Black, 'Clear', or Grey.
	The End of a Segment. This symbol may be 'Clear' or Grey.

Graph-Blend-Point

It is important to understand that each Blend-Point is defined by its:

X-axis motion-value

Each Blend-Point has one X-axis Value, for all motion-derivatives

Y-axis motion-values

Each Blend-Point has two Y-axis motion-values, at each motion-derivative.

Y-axis 1:

•	Y-axis motion-value at the end of the Previous-Segment

Y-axis 2:

•	Y-axis motion-value at the start of the Next-Segment

To edit the motion-values of each Blend-Point, use the:

•	Blend-Point Editor

and / or the

•	Segment Editor

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