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Segment Editor
see also: Segment Definition, Blend-Point Editor.

The Segment Editor is permanently located below the graphs (except the Segment Type selector which is located at the top!)

The segment you will edit is the Red coloured selected segment.  If a segment has a very small segment width, then you might not see it under the blend-points, but you will be able to select it with the RED Segment Selector arrows.

This Segment Editor dialogue provides these features:
  • Segment Editor: Segment Type
    The Segment Type Selector is actually located above the graphs!!! You can chose a Segment Type for each segment - there are many to chose from, each having advantages and disadvantages. 
  • Segment Editor: Width

    This field is present for all Segment Types.  It allows you to change the width, or duration, of the selected segment. You can type in a new value or use the spin-box.  The other segments widths do not change.  As you increase or decrease the segment width, the segments to the right of the selected segment are all forced along the X-Axis to the right or the left in order to accommodate the new segment width. In order to change the instant at which you want any segment to start, you must edit the width of the previous segment and change the width of that one. 

    Some Segment Types, require you, or allow you, to edit them in other ways in addition to the Segment Width. These are:
  • Segment Editor: Range

    You can "clip" the start and end point of the some Segment Types by using the range clipper!. This image shows, alongside the Segment Width data field, the Start and End Ranges set at the default values of 0 and 1 respectively.  Range is only used with some Segment Types.
     
  • Segment Editor: Parameters  

    Some Segment Types allow you to refine some parameters that are relevant to the Segment Type.  This image shows, alongside the Range data fields, three parameters that are needed to fully define the Sine-Constant-Cosine Segment Type.  Other parameters are used for other Segment Types