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			<p>Options to pass to model.findChains.</p>
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			<a href="makerjs.ipointmatchoptions.html" class="tsd-signature-type">IPointMatchOptions</a>
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					<span class="target">IFindChainsOptions</span>
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	<h2>Index</h2>
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				<h3>Properties</h3>
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					<li class="tsd-kind-property tsd-parent-kind-interface"><a href="makerjs.ifindchainsoptions.html#bylayers" class="tsd-kind-icon">by<wbr>Layers</a></li>
					<li class="tsd-kind-property tsd-parent-kind-interface"><a href="makerjs.ifindchainsoptions.html#contain" class="tsd-kind-icon">contain</a></li>
					<li class="tsd-kind-property tsd-parent-kind-interface tsd-is-inherited"><a href="makerjs.ifindchainsoptions.html#pointmatchingdistance" class="tsd-kind-icon">point<wbr>Matching<wbr>Distance</a></li>
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					<li class="tsd-kind-property tsd-parent-kind-interface"><a href="makerjs.ifindchainsoptions.html#unifybeziers" class="tsd-kind-icon">unify<wbr>Beziers</a></li>
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		<h3><span class="tsd-flag ts-flagOptional">Optional</span> by<wbr>Layers</h3>
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				<li>Defined in <a href="https://github.com/microsoft/maker.js/blob/master/packages/maker.js/src/core/maker.ts#L740">src/maker.js/packages/maker.js/src/core/maker.ts:740</a></li>
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				<p>Flag to separate chains by layers.</p>
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		<h3><span class="tsd-flag ts-flagOptional">Optional</span> contain</h3>
		<div class="tsd-signature tsd-kind-icon">contain<span class="tsd-signature-symbol">:</span> <span class="tsd-signature-type">boolean</span><span class="tsd-signature-symbol"> | </span><a href="makerjs.icontainchainsoptions.html" class="tsd-signature-type">IContainChainsOptions</a></div>
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				<li>Defined in <a href="https://github.com/microsoft/maker.js/blob/master/packages/maker.js/src/core/maker.ts#L750">src/maker.js/packages/maker.js/src/core/maker.ts:750</a></li>
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				<p>Flag to order chains in a heirarchy by their paths being within one another.</p>
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		<h3><span class="tsd-flag ts-flagOptional">Optional</span> point<wbr>Matching<wbr>Distance</h3>
		<div class="tsd-signature tsd-kind-icon">point<wbr>Matching<wbr>Distance<span class="tsd-signature-symbol">:</span> <span class="tsd-signature-type">number</span></div>
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			<p>Inherited from <a href="makerjs.exporter.idxfrenderoptions.html">IDXFRenderOptions</a>.<a href="makerjs.exporter.idxfrenderoptions.html#pointmatchingdistance">pointMatchingDistance</a></p>
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				<li>Defined in <a href="https://github.com/microsoft/maker.js/blob/master/packages/maker.js/src/core/maker.ts#L516">src/maker.js/packages/maker.js/src/core/maker.ts:516</a></li>
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				<p>Max distance to consider two points as the same.</p>
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		<h3><span class="tsd-flag ts-flagOptional">Optional</span> shallow</h3>
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				<li>Defined in <a href="https://github.com/microsoft/maker.js/blob/master/packages/maker.js/src/core/maker.ts#L745">src/maker.js/packages/maker.js/src/core/maker.ts:745</a></li>
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				<p>Flag to not recurse models, look only within current model&#39;s immediate paths.</p>
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		<h3><span class="tsd-flag ts-flagOptional">Optional</span> unify<wbr>Beziers</h3>
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				<li>Defined in <a href="https://github.com/microsoft/maker.js/blob/master/packages/maker.js/src/core/maker.ts#L755">src/maker.js/packages/maker.js/src/core/maker.ts:755</a></li>
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				<p>Flag to flatten BezierCurve arc segments into IPathBezierSeeds.</p>
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