The program provides a function to change the orientation of a path.
Path orientation rotation
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Open [Rotate Path Orientation] window.
After clicking the [Edit Path] button in the menu bar, select [Rotate Path Orientation (Path Point)] option.
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Set rotation options.
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Axis option: There are options as below.
Tangent Direction
The tangent direction at the path point.
Perpendicular to the Tangent direction
The direction perpendicular to both the tangent direction and the head-up direction.
User Setting
The user can set direction directly.
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Rotation Axis: The direction when [Axis Option] is selected as [User Setting]
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Rotation angle: Angle in degree
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Select path point objects to rotate.
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Click the [Rotate] button.
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Check the result.
Path orientation interpolation
The fuction interpolates the orientation of all path points between two pivot path points evenly.
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Orient the two waypoints at either end of the interval to be interpolated.
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Open [Interpolate Path Orientation] window.
After clicking [Path Edit] button, select the [Interpolate Path Orientation(Path Point)] option.
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Select two path point objects.
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Click the [Run] button.
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Check the result.