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Figure 5-34
Note
3.
With the curve in the background layer,
use
Multiply | Extend | More | Rail
Bevel
to turn the simple polygon into
an instant cornice piece. Dragging
up
and
down
in a viewport will make the
bevel
wider
or
narrower
; dragging
right
and
left
will make it
taller
or
shorter
.
(This seems backward to me, so I just
use the Numeric window for my
real-time rail bevels.)
The points of the background layer are used
to guide Rail Bevel, not the curve itself. So,
while you may be tempted to add points to
smooth things out, don't. Rail Bevel is
guided by the
point order
, the order in which
the points were created. If you need more
detail in an area, put your curve in the back-
ground and create new points in a “dot-to-
dot” fashion along the
entire curve
, adding
in the new ones you need as you go.
Figure 5-35
