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Using the Spline tool

Using the Spline tool - SOLIDWORKS Tutorial

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Using the Spline tool

- [Instructor] Splines are one of the most powerful of the sketch tools that are available to us. It has all type of different controls and options we can have in defining the way a spline is drawn. Also though, be cautious when using splines because splines are very, very hard to define on a drawing, or any type of documentation. So keep that in mind whenever using a spline. That being said, let's go ahead and jump over and start using splines. So the very first type of spline we have is a regular spline. We also have this one called a style spline and we're going to look at both of those. So the very first spline, you're going to click where you want to start, click where you want that inflection point to be, click where you want your next inflection point to be, and then click maybe where you want to end, or you can continue adding points as many times as you like. When you're happy with your shape, click on Escape, and now I can click on the end points and drag things around, I…

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