Hi y’all,
Can enybody tell me why the pathlength of a bezier circle is always 6.2275, and perhaps a way to fix it? Thanks.
Halfgaar
Only thing I can think of is… when in edit mode for your Bez circle, press C, to break the circle. Then select an end vertex, and hold CTRL then left click. Repeat to desired length, then re-press C to join the circle back together.
If this doesn’t help someone with much greater Blender knowledge probably knows how.
Sonix.
Go to Edit Mode
Scale the Circle.
Voilà
You cannot change the circle length without changing it’s dimension. THat length is good old 2* \pi * radius
Stefano
Since circumference = 2 * pi * r, shouldn’t the value be closer to 6.28 ?
Also, the bezier circle doesn’t appear to be a perfect circle (Maybe I’ve just answered my own question 
) Why is this, and is there a way to correct it?
Yes,
Bezier curves cannot model circles.
YOu need a NURB to do that… you’ll se tha a NURB circle has a length closer to 6.28.
Incidentally not exact, this depends on how lenght is actually calculated! not with that formmula, whichj is valid for circle only, but with others, valid for splines and nurbs which are very complex analitically, hence approximately computed.
Stefano