Smooth Curve Connection with G3 Acceleration for Mirrored Curves
Creo+
User Interface Location: Select the original curve, click > 
Curve Edit, and select the point at the mirror plane that is shared by the original curve and the mirrored curve. When the tangent appears, do one of the following:
Curve Edit, and select the point at the mirror plane that is shared by the original curve and the mirrored curve. When the tangent appears, do one of the following:• Click the Tangent tab, and next to the First constraint, select Smooth Normal.
• Right-click the tangent, and select Smooth Normal.
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Description
Style has been enhanced to enable a smooth curve connection with G3 - Acceleration for mirrored curves across a mirror plane.
Benefits
You can use the new Smooth Normal tangent connection type to enable smooth curves with G3 - Acceleration for mirrored curves across the mirror plane. When you design symmetrical models, this new connection type for curves will allow a smooth transition across the mirror plane.
The resulting surfaces will assume G3 - Acceleration connection, which will help to produce high-quality surfaces.
The new connection type reduces the need to tweak the curve control points to approximate acceleration connection.
Previously, setting the tangent connection for a curve normal to a mirror plane only produced a G2 - Curvature connection.
Normal tangent connection:
Smooth Normal tangent connection:
Resulting surface
Additional Information
Tips: | None. |
Limitations: | No known limitations. |
Does this replace existing functionality? | No. |
Configuration option associated with this functionality: | None. |