This command smooths the selected polylines using a modified
Bezier method that makes the smooth polyline pass through all the
original points and only smooths between the original points.
Either the entire polyline can be smoothed or only a section of the
polyline. When using Polyline Section, the program will prompt for
points along the polyline to start and end the smoothing. The
Looping Level controls smoothing amount. A higher factor gives more
looping. The Offset Cutoff (After Smooth) is
used to reduce the number of vertices in the final polylines. To
not reduce vertices, set this Offset Cutoff to zero. The Offset
Cutoff is the maximum amount that the polyline can move
horizontally when removing a point. The Reduce Polylines Before
Smoothing option removes extra vertices from the contours before
smoothing. Removing points before smoothing gives the Bezier
smoothing more freedom to make the polylines curvy.
Smooth Polylines dialog
Select polylines to smooth.
Select objects: pick polylines
Smoothed 1 PolyLines
Total original vertices: 9 Total final vertices: 50
Pulldown Menu Location: Edit > Polyline Utilities
Keyboard Command: smoothpl
Prerequisite: A polyline