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To reverse a handle edit, select the spline, right-click, and then click Reset Handle. Uses the handle closest to the cursor location, unless a fit point or handle is selected. Bases the reset on the current spline shape. Does not always change the spline handle back to the original solve …

      2D and 3D splines are curves of constantly changing radius. Inventor supports two types of splines, and provides a command to create each type: Interpolation, and Control Vertex. After you create a spline, you can change the type using the context menu. Interpolation spline Interpolation splines pass through a series …

Sets options to import points, without or with connections. Access Ribbon: Sketch tab  Insert panel  Points . In the Open dialog box, click Options. Create points Imports points only. Create lines Imports points and connects them with lines. Create spline Imports points and connects them with a spline. NOTE:In 3D sketches with lines that …

On the ribbon, click Sketch tab  Format panel  Center Point. to import the points as center points. Otherwise, points are imported as sketch points. or On the ribbon Sketch tab  Insert panel, click Points   to import the points as sketch points, or Center Point to import the points as center points. To create a spline or line through the …

You can import points from a Microsoft Excel spreadsheet into a 2D sketch, 3D sketch, or drawing sketch. Points can represent inspection points, locations for spot welds, and points on a spline. You can create lines automatically to fit the imported points. Imported points are not associative with the source …

Positions various types of points in the graphics window. Access Ribbon: Sketch tab  Create Panel  Point  Center Point Creates hole centers for hole features. The Hole feature automatically selects a hole center point in a 2D sketch. Sketch Point Creates a construction point to help position sketch geometry . Connection point grip In drawing sketches, …

Delete point In the browser, double-click the Sketch icon to activate the sketch. Click a center point, or sketch point to delete. Press Delete, or right-click and select Delete. Move 3D sketch point Right-click a point, and select 3D Move/Rotate. To reposition the point in space, enter X, Y, and …

Place sketch point and center point On the ribbon Sketch tab  Create Panel , click Point . Click in the graphics window to place points.To switch between creation of a sketch point and center point, on the Sketch tab, Format panel, click Center Point. To position a point on existing geometry precisely, right-click and do …

You can delete center points and sketch points. If the point is used in a feature, and you created features whose geometry depends on the feature, the dependent features are either modified or deleted. Points in 2D and 3D sketches In 2D sketches Place points on a sketch plane. Sketch …