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      <div class="title_topic6" id="xps10_pagetitle">Shape tab overview</div>
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      <p class="para_topic">Use the <b class="uiTerm">Shape</b> tab to edit the shape or length of path segments. There are four primary functions on the <b class="uiTerm">Shape</b> tab that are initially insensitive. Activate a segment by selecting it in the graphics display to enable the buttons. 
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      <p class="para_topic">The system adopts the selected segment when selected. This means that the system redefines the segment to have a follow curve, which is a <b class="uiTerm">Fixable Length Spline</b>, even if the segment was previously a line or an arc. If the segment was a line or an arc it will still appear to be so, but you can now shape it as a spline and may have its length locked. (You cannot lock the length of line and arc segments.) <b class="uiTerm">Shape</b> requires that the segment be a spline segment, therefore, applications that do not allow spline curves cannot use this tool.
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                  <p class="para_note_body">Segments that are part of a bend corner, either the arc segment itself or the linear segments on either side (called the side segments) are not selectable.</p>
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                  <p class="para_warning_body">CAUTION! Do not expect adopted arc segments to behave as a normal arc segment any longer. Functions such as <b class="uiTerm">Bend Table Report</b> will no longer recognize the segment as an arc segment.
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