Document guidance on model influenced edge parameters about boxes HOT 2 OPEN

An even better example might be the "angle" setting. The angle between two parts is not something the user configures, but it is a property of the model (eg. ABox is always at 90° angles; in models such as AngledBox it's configurable but even then it's not constant across all joints). In that example, the settings are deepcopied and applied to a new set of edge objects. That works even with the letter short-cuts because the angles are constant. (But it'd even work for non-constant angles because instead of letters the actual objects can be passed).

Is that the generally recommended pattern? If so, should options that can't be practically set (or are always set by the model) be hidden from the web UI and the command line? Should there be a helper function for "take these settings but adjust some details and create a new edge type out of it"?

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OK, after thinking about this for a while I guess the right way is making this a property of the Settings class without using the parameter mechanics. So the angle should not be in absolute_params but a simple property . That way the user can meddle with it and one can still create a copy of the settings to create a new set of edges - or change it in the code.

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