SEGMENT EDITOR

See also : Blend-Point [Node] Editor.

How to open the SEGMENT-EDITOR

Segment-Editor icon

Segment-Editor icon

METHOD 1: Use the toolbar icon

Icon-SegmentEditor
1.Click Blend-Point & Segment toolbar > Start Segment Editor

The Segment-Editor opens.

Open-Segment-Editor

METHOD 2: Click a segment directly

1.Click a segment on the graph line.

The Segment-Editor opens.

SEGMENT EDITOR DIALOG-BOX

Orange Separators 

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

Parameters relate only to the Selected-Segment.

Parameters are in Motion-Units
SEGMENT-EDITOR
SEGMENT-EDITOR
Click to Expand / Collapse

'Previous' / 'Next' buttons6-R-small

BPE-Previous-Segment

Click to make the Previous-Segment become the Selected-Segment

BPE-Next-Segment

Click to make the Next-Segment become the Selected-Segment

Dialog-TickIcon

Click to confirm all of the new motion-values [See also Edit toolbar > Undo]

Dialog-Helpicon

Click open the contextual-help for the dialog-box

X-axis Values  1s-red

•Segment Start [Read-Only] - the X-axis value at the start of the segment
•Segment End [Read-Only] - the X-axis value at the end of the segment

See Segment-Width

Segment Parameters  2sa

•Only show with Traditional Motion-Laws
•Modify the motion-law for different design requirements.
•Contextual to the Selected-Segment

See Segment-Parameters

Y-axis Values 3s

•Start motion-value and End motion-values of the Selected-Segment

The state of the Y-axis Control-Buttons are a function of the Motion-Law of the Selected-Segment and the Previous-Segment.

E.g. :

•Flexible-Polynomial: possible to edit their Start and End Position, Velocity, Acceleration, and Jerk motion-values.
•Traditional Motion-Laws: possible to edit their Start and End Positions motion-values.

See Segment-Editor: Y-axis Controls

Segment Ranges  4-S-RED

•Only show with Traditional Motion-Laws

See Segment-Ranges

 

Segment Motion-Law  5-R-RED-small

•Use the drop-down box to select the Motion-Law for the Selected-Segment.

WARNING: After you select a segment Motion-Law, ALWAYS click in a different box in the Segment-Editor to remove the 'focus' from the Motion-Law in the box. If you do not, and you use the mouse scroll button, you will select a different motion-law unintentionally.

See Segment Motion-Laws

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