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Improvements to Path3D:
First, the same enhancements as the 2D PR:

  • Selected points (select points mode only) are colored:
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For 3D, the multi selection was already there, but the only UI feedback you got was the gizmo moving the center of the selected points. Now it's clear.

  • The selected points can be deleted.
  • Auto smooth all points & auto remove handles (reverses the process):
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  • Colored control handles. This is visible in the screenshot towards the bottom in the 3D section, but handles (both control & tilt) are now amber so it's not just white wash.

Path3D only improvements:

  • Axis Lock:
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When creating new points, or moving points, this will lock the axes toggled. This enables easy creation of a straight line, or working a path restricted to a plane as desired.

  • Visual indication of snap-to-collider feature:
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When dragging a point around, and Snap To Colliders is enabled, the point will turn magenta when it's on a collider. In some scenes, this is difficult to see otherwise.

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  • New Features
    • Added controls to smooth all points on a 3D curve or reset handles for selected points or the entire curve.
    • Added deletion of selected curve points with undo and redo support.
    • Added global-axis locks for placing and moving curve points, including newly added points.
    • Improved point snapping and selection visuals in the 3D path editor. When axis locks prevent a point from aligning closely with a snapped surface, placement falls back to the editing plane.

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Curve3D adds methods to reset point handles and smooth curve points. The Path3D editor adds axis locks, selected-point deletion, toolbar actions, and updated gizmo behavior.

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Curve3D and Path3D Editor

Layer / File(s) Summary
Curve3D handle operations
scene/resources/curve.h, scene/resources/curve.cpp, doc/classes/Curve3D.xml
Curve3D adds methods to reset one point’s handles, reset all handles, and smooth all points. The methods are bound and documented.
Point dragging and gizmo state
editor/scene/3d/path_3d_editor_plugin.h, editor/scene/3d/path_3d_editor_plugin.cpp
Point placement and transforms apply global-axis locks. Collider-snapped points are constrained by snap distance. Selected and snapped points receive distinct gizmo materials.
Curve editing controls
editor/scene/3d/path_3d_editor_plugin.h, editor/scene/3d/path_3d_editor_plugin.cpp
The editor adds undoable selected-point deletion, smoothing and handle-reset actions, and toolbar controls for these actions and axis locks.

Priority: ➖ Normal

Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~25 minutes

Change: Feature

Suggested reviewers: arctis-fireblight, decryptedchaos, joltedjon

Merge Risk: 🔵 Low · up to b5b51

Clarify the smoothing documentation so users know when the operation does nothing. The earlier deletion-redo concern is resolved; the remaining issue is bounded and does not block merging.

Security Architecture Review

Security architecture risk: 🔵 Low · up to b5b51

The changes remain within existing curve-editing capabilities, with no demonstrated increase in privileged access. However, undoing batch deletion can restore the points without restoring whether the curve was closed, affecting objects that share the curve.

Retained concerns

  • Low · reliability · observed: The new batch deletion action does not restore the curve's closed flag. Deleting enough points from a closed curve automatically opens it; undo restores the points but leaves it open, so consumers sharing the resource do not recover the original state. Existing single-point deletion already had this omission; the PR carries it into the new batch operation.
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Security Blast Radius

  • inferred — The inspected mutations affect the edited Curve3D and consumers referencing that resource. The new APIs operate within existing curve-mutation capabilities; the inspected paths provide no evidence of added filesystem, network, identity or privileged-service authority. Full downstream fanout is not established.

Trust Boundaries and Controls

  • observed — The new batch action requires a valid path, curve, gizmo and nonempty selection. Curve3D validates single-point mutation indices. These are resource and editor-state checks, not a new authentication or authorization boundary.
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Note this is a draft at the moment for a couple reasons:

  1. Haven't tested it as thoroughly as I'd like yet.
  2. Because both this PR and the Path2D PR modify the base curve (for the auto smooth stuff), this will create a minor merge conflict, which I'll aim to resolve after the Path2D PR is merged.

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I believe this is in good shape.
NOTE - collider snapping doesn't work with the new axis locks on, I believe because the snapping works via raycasts from the camera position, and thus the snapping is always on the collider surface "facing" the camera.
With axis locks, a legitimate snap would often occur on a collider surface perpendicular, or otherwise largely obfuscated from the current view.
The snapping logic can probably be made more robust, but I think that'd best be a separate PR.

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Comment thread doc/classes/Curve3D.xml
Comment on lines +106 to +117
<method name="reset_all_points_handles">
<return type="void" />
<description>
Applies to ENTIRE curve. Opposite of autosmooth, sets all handle values to 0. Every point will be an immediate "turn" with no smoothing.
</description>
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<method name="reset_point_handles">
<return type="void" />
<param index="0" name="idx" type="int" />
<description>
</description>
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Document reset_point_handles.

The empty description makes generated class references show a contribution prompt instead of explaining what the method resets.

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 			<description>
+				Sets the [code]in[/code] and [code]out[/code] handles of the point [param idx] to [code]Vector3(0, 0, 0)[/code]. If [param idx] is out of bounds, the function sends an error to the console.
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<method name="reset_all_points_handles">
<return type="void" />
<description>
Applies to ENTIRE curve. Opposite of autosmooth, sets all handle values to 0. Every point will be an immediate "turn" with no smoothing.
</description>
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<method name="reset_point_handles">
<return type="void" />
<param index="0" name="idx" type="int" />
<description>
</description>
</method>
<method name="reset_all_points_handles">
<return type="void" />
<description>
Applies to ENTIRE curve. Opposite of autosmooth, sets all handle values to 0. Every point will be an immediate "turn" with no smoothing.
</description>
</method>
<method name="reset_point_handles">
<return type="void" />
<param index="0" name="idx" type="int" />
<description>
Sets the [code]in[/code] and [code]out[/code] handles of the point [param idx] to [code]Vector3(0, 0, 0)[/code]. If [param idx] is out of bounds, the function sends an error to the console.
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Add a description to reset_point_handles in the Curve3D method documentation
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Comment on lines +891 to +892
ur->create_action(TTR("Remove Path Points"), UndoRedo::MERGE_DISABLE, c.ptr());
Node3DEditor::get_singleton()->clear_subgizmo_selection();

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Clear subgizmo selection in the redo action.

After undo, a user can select points again. Redo removes points without clearing that selection, so the stored IDs can target shifted points or fall outside the curve’s valid range.

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Update the redo action in the Remove Path Points flow to clear the subgizmo
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Comment thread doc/classes/Curve3D.xml
<return type="void" />
<description>
Applies to ENTIRE curve. Automatically interpolates a smooth transition between ALL curve points.
This will OVERRIDE any existing handles.

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Document the no-op for curves with fewer than three points.

Curve3D::smooth_all_points() returns without changing handles when the curve has fewer than three points. The current statement says it overrides existing handles without qualification. Document the minimum-point condition so users know when the method leaves handles unchanged.

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If the curve has fewer than three points, this method does nothing. Otherwise, it overrides any existing handles.
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