Drawing

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Last updated: 06 Sept, 2016
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RealFlow can read splines that have been saved in SVG format (“Scalable Vector Graphics”) - a XML-based file format. Furthermore, splines can also be drawn inside RealFlow directly. SVG splines are exported from popular illustration and image-processing applications. The spline-based tools and nodes are located here:

Spline shelf

When you choose “Spline” from the “Spline” shelf, an empty container is added and the → viewport is set to “Edit” mode. A yellow frame indicates this mode:

 

 

  • A new control point is created with Ctrl/Cmd + RMB. If you want to add Bezier tangents to the control point do not release the mouse, but drag it to control curvature.
  • If you do not drag the mouse after the creation of control point you will get a linear connection between the points. It is not possible to change a control point's type from linear to Bezier or vice versa.
  • New points will always be added after the spline's last point.
Remove Points
  • Select one more points (Shift-click).
  • Press Del.
Add Points
  • Press Ctrl/Cmd.
  • Move the mouse over the spline where the new points should be inserted – a circle appears.
  • Right-click to add the point.
  • New points are always added as Bezier points.
Interrupt and Resume Spline Creation

The creation of control points can be interrupted and resumed at any time with a click on

Spline node > Node Params > Options > EDIT

Close and Reverse Splines

Spline node > Node Params > Options > Closed | Reverse