ShowEnds

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Curve Tools
Diagnostics

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Curve > Show Ends

The ShowEnds command opens the End Analysis control and displays the endpoints of curves.

Steps

  • Select curve objects.
    Points display on the object.

End Analysis options

  • Right-click once to set one option and clear all others.
  • Right-click twice to set all options.
Show
Open curve starts

Displays a point display marker at the start of open curves.

Open curve ends

Displays a point display marker at the end of open curves.

Closed curve seams

Displays a point display marker at the seams of closed curves such as circles.

Polycurve joints

Displays a point display marker at the join location of polycurve segments.

Zoom

Zooms to include the display marker locations.

When the view is changed, clicking Zoom brings the view back to the current end.

Zoom options

All

Zooms to include all end display markers.

Current

Zooms to the first end display marker in the selection. This useful if you zoom out with the mouse and want to zoom back in.

Next

Zooms to the next end display marker in the selection. If the selected objects have only one end marker, this option is not displayed.

Previous

Zooms to the previous end display marker in the selection. If the selected objects have only one end marker, this option is not displayed.

Mark

Marks the ends with point objects. If the All option was previously selected, all ends are marked.

Point color

Set the display color for the display markers.

Add Objects

Add objects to the End Analysis display.

Remove Objects

Remove objects from the End Analysis display.

See also

CrvStart

Place a point object at the start of a curve.

CrvEnd

Place a point object at the end of a curve.

CrvSeam

Change the seam (start/end) location on closed curves.

ShowEndsOff

Toolbar Menu

Analyze
Curve Tools
Diagnostics

Not on menus.

The ShowEndsOff command closes the End Analysis control and turns off end display points.

ZoomEnds

Toolbar Menu

Not on toolbars.

Not on menus.

The ZoomEnds command finds and marks curve ends in End Analysis.

Steps

  1. Select curves.
  2. Run the ShowEnds command to display curve ends.
  3. Click the Zoom button in the End Analysis dialog, or run the ZoomEnds command.
    The active viewport zooms to show all the curve ends.
  4. Select a command-line option.

ZoomEnds options

All

Zooms to include all end display markers.

Current

Zooms to the first end display marker in the selection. This useful if you zoom out with the mouse and want to zoom back in.

Next

Zooms to the next end display marker in the selection. If the selected objects have only one end marker, this option is not displayed.

Previous

Zooms to the previous end display marker in the selection. If the selected objects have only one end marker, this option is not displayed.

Mark

Marks the ends with point objects. If the All option was previously selected, all ends are marked.

See also

Analyze objects

Manage object visibility