Setting Approach Direction, Sweep Direction, and Anchor Position

When creating or editing a trajectory, you can flip the Approach direction, change the Sweep direction, and set the Start position trajectory in the work area.

Before you begin: You are currently creating a new trajectory with the Surface Trajectory command, or are editing an existing trajectory after double-clicking it in the Behavior side tab.
See Also
Interpolating Tags Across All Strokes in a Trajectory
  1. To reverse the direction of approach, double-click the blue Approach Direction arrow.

    The Approach Direction is the direction in which the tool (paint gun) approaches the points on the trajectory.



    Double-click the Approach Direction arrow a second time to return to the intial state.
  2. To rotate the sweep direction in 90 degree increments, double-click the blue Sweep Direction arrow. Each double-click rotates the direction by 90 degrees.

    Sweep Direction the direction in which the tool sweeps the parts (paint gun applies the strokes).



  3. To change the current Anchor Position, click the cyan circular disk at the current Anchor Position to reveal other possible positions shown in blue. Click any of these positions to change the Anchor Position.

    The Anchor Position is the position where the Approach Direction and Sweep Direction arrows are displayed.



    The Start Position changes based on the selected Anchor Position, and the Sweep Direction is adusted accordingly.