Smoother path

BastiaanOlij

I'm trying to use Path and PathFollow for the first time. Is there a way to smooth out the path or make it follow a bezier curve instead of straight lines?

Cheers,

Bas

Avencherus

Sure, at the top bar, there is a menu for path points when you have the node selected. If you have the first option selected, you can click on a point while holding down SHIFT, and it will drag out a handle control.

This video also explains it around 17 minutes:

BastiaanOlij

Sweet! I'll try that out when I'm home tonight. I figured there had to be something like that. I had a look at the code and found all this logic about bezier curves but couldn't figure out the interface :)

BastiaanOlij

Hehehe, I had the shift key mapped to panning, 2 button trackpad.... :)

Works like a charm. Interestingly enough for a 3D path I only have 4 buttons, not 5, or maybe in 2.1 they decided to merge the two functions together. All in all after mapping panning differently to free up the shift key it is doing its thing :)