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      <div class="title_topic3" id="xps10_pagetitle">Spline analysis dialog box</div>
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               <p class="para_td"> <a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.openFile('shared_func/05information_inf_ov_2.html');return(false);">Overview</a></p>
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               <p class="para_td"><a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.openFile('shared_func/shared_func_inf_ht.html');return(false);">How To</a> 
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               <p class="para_td">Options</p>
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      </table><br><p class="para_topic"> <b class="uiTerm">Information</b> &rarr;<b class="uiTerm">Spline</b> displays the <b class="uiTerm">Spline Analysis</b> dialog box. By default, the following check boxes are selected:
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            <p class="para_item"><b class="uiTerm">Show Knot Points</b></p>
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            <p class="para_item"><b class="uiTerm">Show Poles</b> 
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      <p class="para_topic"> The check box for <b class="uiTerm">Show Defining Points</b> is clear.
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      <p class="para_topic"> The <b class="uiTerm">Output to Information Window</b> option includes three settings that control the level of detail in the Information window. 
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            <p class="para_item">Short</p>
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            <p class="para_item">Complete </p>
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      <p class="para_topic"><b class="uiTerm">Short</b> is the default and the same as the listing given by <b class="uiTerm">Information</b>&rarr;<b class="uiTerm">Object</b>, except that the basic object information (layer, color, etc.) is not repeated.
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               <p class="para_td"> Short</p>
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               <p class="para_td"> Generates for each spline the following information:</p>
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                     <p class="para_item"> Closure Status - If the spline is closed and periodic, the system will report Closed. If the spline is open, or if the first and start point are the same but the spline is not periodic, the system will report Open.</p>
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                     <p class="para_item"> Degree</p>
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                     <p class="para_item"> Number of Poles</p>
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                     <p class="para_item"> Number of Segments</p>
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                     <p class="para_item"> Number of C0 knots</p>
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                     <p class="para_item"> Number of C1 knots</p>
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                     <p class="para_item"> Rational status</p>
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                     <p class="para_item"> Degenerates (if there are any) </p>
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               <p class="para_td"> Complete</p>
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               <p class="para_td"> Generates for each spline the information shown above, plus the following:</p>
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                     <p class="para_item"> For each knot point the coordinates of the knot point and the continuity (C0, C1, or C2) are shown.</p>
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                     <p class="para_item"> For each pole the coordinates of the pole and the weight are shown.</p>
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                     <p class="para_item"> For each defining point the coordinates of the defining point, the least squares weight, the curvature, the least squares tolerance and/or the least squares number of segments are shown. </p>
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               <p class="para_td"> None</p>
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               <p class="para_td"> Does not display the Information window.</p>
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