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Part III: Modeling Basics

5. Select the circle shape, and click the Trim button. Then click on each line segment on the portion
that extends beyond the circle. This trims the radial lines to the edge of the circle. Click the Trim
button again when you are finished to exit Trim mode.
6. Change to Vertex subobject mode by clicking Vertex in the Modifier Stack (or by pressing 1). Turn off
the Snap toggle and then select all the vertices in the center of the circle, and click the Fuse button.
Figure 12.34 shows the finished spider web. (I have a new respect for spiders.)

FIGURE 12.34
A spider web made from Editable Splines

Using Spline Modifiers

In the Modifiers menu is a whole submenu of modifiers that apply strictly to splines. You can find these
modifiers in the Modifiers ➪ Patch/Spline Editing menu.

Spline-specific modifiers
Of the modifiers that work only on splines, several of these duplicate functionality that is available for
Editable Splines, such as the Fillet/Chamfer modifier. Applying these features as modifiers gives you better
control over the results because you can remove them using the Modifier Stack at any time.
Edit Spline modifier
The Modifiers ➪ Patch/Spline Editing ➪ Edit Spline modifier (mentioned at the start of the chapter) makes
spline objects so they can be edited. It has all the same features as the Editable Spline object. The Edit
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