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How to invert curve dirrection ? V5

How to invert curve dirrection ? V5

How to invert curve dirrection ? V5

(OP)
Curve goes one way ... Start to End... I Want the other way... Zero on one end.. Larger Value on the other end. You get the Idea

RE: How to invert curve dirrection ? V5

Insert - Operation - Invert Orientation

RE: How to invert curve dirrection ? V5

What do you need the curve reversed for.  You can reverse a curve during certain operations. A direction arrow will appear at the start of curve.
If you really need to reverse it you can use join curve - select the curve select the red direction arrow, select ok.
To avoid having duplicate geometry - turn on no keep mode

Regards,
Derek

RE: How to invert curve dirrection ? V5

flangewiper - I always forget about that. I have join hot keyed.

Thanks
Derek

RE: How to invert curve dirrection ? V5

Derek:

Inverting curves is especially helpful when you are creating templates, from which you will replace geometry and/or create macros from, and it needs to operate the same way with no intervention...

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RE: How to invert curve dirrection ? V5

(OP)
Well done gentlemen. Curve dirrection was a concern for me when Creating Power Copy of adaptive sweep. The Sketch was constrained tanget to intersect curve but result returned to wrong quadrant of tangency.. really weird and Frustrating.. At this time I'm not sure if curve dirrection really fixed my problem..

RE: How to invert curve dirrection ? V5

I think your heading in the wrong direction with your PowerCopy. How do you decide when to use the original curve or the inverted curve?

Are you using a Positioned Sketch for your PowerCopy? Where&How you orient the sketch might be the solution.

RE: How to invert curve dirrection ? V5

(OP)
When I prepare my style data for Developement I'll make curve dirrection always the same ei: start vertex always closest to origin maybe.  Then next hood dirrection for copy is correct.

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