BLEND-POINT [NODE] EDITOR

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Blend-Point Editor icon

METHOD 1:

1.	Click Blend-Point & Segment toolbar > Start Blend-Point Editor icon [see left]

The Blend-Point Editor opens.

ClickBlend-Point

METHOD 2:

1.	Move your mouse above a Blend-Point so that the ◊ becomes RED

2.	Double-click the Red ◊ 'diamond' symbol at the active Blend-Point.

The Blend-Point Editor opens.

Difficult to do if the symbol size is < 4

To close the Blend-Point Editor:

1.	Click the button at the top and right of the dialog-box

To undo edits you have made:

1.	Close the Blend-Point Editor

2.	Click Edit toolbar > Undo in the MotionDesigner toolbar.

Click orange separators [maybe two slow clicks] to show or hide the contextual parameters.

Parameters relate only to the Active Blend-Point

Parameters are in Motion-Units

'Previous' / 'Next' buttons

	Make the Previous Blend-Point become the Active Blend-Point
	Make the Next Blend-Point become the Active Blend-Point.

	Click to confirm the new motion-values and specification.
	Click to open the contextual help

X-axis Values

Motion Start : move the complete motion relative to the Master Machine Angle

X-axis : move the active Blend-Point to become earlier or later.

These two parameters do not edit the Motion-Width

Y-Axis Values

Edit the PVAJ motion-values for the Y-axis of each motion-derivative:

End of the Previous Segment

Start of the Selected Segment

The Y-axis Control-Buttons that you can use are a function of the Motion-Law:

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