{{description>Input Spline Path: Create a Path from a Curvy Spline. Customize output with cache usage, global coordinates, and range specification}}
====== Input Spline Path ======
<note>This component is used in example scene(s) such as:

12_Train, 13_TrainMultiTrackDrifting, 23_CGTube.</note>
Creates a [[..:datatypes#Path|Path]] from a [[..:..:splines:curvyspline|CurvySpline]].

===== Slots =====

==== Outputs ====
^ Name ^ Type ^ Description ^
| Path | [[..:datatypes#Path|Path]] | The path sampled from the spline |

===== Settings =====

==== General ====
Basic settings for the source spline and how it is read.

=== Spline ===
The source spline. Assign an existing spline from the scene, or create a [[..:resources#Managed Resources|managed]] spline resource directly inside the generator.

=== Use Cache ===
When enabled, uses the spline's precomputed position and tangent cache instead of recalculating on the fly. Faster, but slightly less precise.

=== Use Global Space ===
When enabled, the spline's control points are read in world space instead of local space.

<note>Using global space is convenient when the spline moves in the scene, but causes the module to refresh every time the spline's transform changes, which increases CPU usage.</note>

==== Range ====
Limit the module to a portion of the spline instead of using it in full.

For example, setting the range from CP0001 to CP0002 means only that segment is exported. A subsequent module that uses a length of 1 will work over that segment only, not the whole spline.

<note tip>Useful for clamping extrusions or object placement to a fixed portion of the spline, independent of total spline length.</note>

=== Start CP ===
The control point where the range begins. On a closed spline and if no End CP is set, this acts as a shift, i.e. the chosen CP becomes the new start of the spline.

=== End CP ===
The control point where the range ends.