I'm using ViaCAD Pro 5 (750).

Is there a tool to reduce the points on this curve or should I just redraw it?

Tried: Change object type to interpolate spline
Result: Nearly the same amount of points with different spacing

Tried: Smooth Curve with tolerance of 0.1
Result: Same amount of points with different spacing

Tried: Remove point tool
Result: Looked for pairs of closely-spaced points and removed one, until point spacing was more even, then removed every third point. Process could be time consuming and shape can change a lot.

Tried: Draw interpolated spline on top and tweak to match original curve
Result: Process is pretty fast and mostly retains shape. Does require more curve editing skill and attention. Also found that converting the curve to Control Point Spline helps to get the final shape tweaks near the end.

Thanks for your suggestions. It helped me to decide what method to use in general. Am I right that there is no explicit Rebuild Curve function?

How do you raise and lower the order of curves?

[FONT="Comic Sans MS"][COLOR="Black"][SIZE="4"]With a curve/line selected look at the object info dialog box. That box can be opened by double clicking object in this case a curve/line. Click on the attributes tab and at the bottom of that dialog box there are two drop down boxes called "arrow start" and "arrow end". I found this a neat tool for annotating drawings. Using different skewed lines or even straight lines for that matter I use the tool to stick arrows on it's ends.
Also with interpolate spline selected look in the object info box under the data tab there is a tool that controls the start and end angle of the spline. It's also a handy tool.
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