Match
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Curve Curve Edit Tools > Match |
The Match command changes a curve end to meet a specified curve or surface edge with a specified continuity.
Steps
- Select the end of an open curve.
- Select the curve to match.
- Choose options.
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SurfaceEdge |
Matches the curve perpendicular to the curve and uses the surface to determine continuity. |
Match Curve Options
Continuity
Sets the continuity for the match.
Position
Tangency
Curvature
Preserve other end
Prevents modification of the curvature at the end opposite the match for curves with fewer than six control points.
None
No constraint.
Position
Location only.
Tangency
Position and curve direction.
Curvature
Position, direction, and radius of curvature.
Perpendicular to Edge
Sets the curve perpendicular to a surface edge.
Average curves 
Both curves adjust to match each other.
- History will not record when the Average curves option is enabled.
Join
Joins the resulting curves.
Merge
Merge is available with the Curvature option, and it makes a single curve instead of a composite curve. If you edit this curve's control points, the location where the two original curves match will deform smoothly. You cannot explode the curve into the segments that were originally matched.