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 with the Blend-Point Editor

1.	Close the Blend-Point Editor

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

Orange Separators

Click the orange separators to show or hide the contextual parameters.

You may need to click the Orange Separator two times after you open a dialog-box. After the firs time, you only need to click it one time.

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. [See also Edit toolbar > Undo]
	Click open the contextual help for the Blend-Point Editor dialog-box

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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