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762 Chapter 21: User Interface
In many cases, multiple modifiers’
names start with the same letter. You can go
directly to a particular mod ifier if you type
the first few letters (enough for a unique
combination) in the desired modifier’s
name quickly. For example, say you want
to assign the Mirror modifier to an objec t.
Pressing
M goes to Mesh Select, which isn’t
anywhere n ear Mirror in the Modifier list,
but typing
MI goes directly to Mirror.
• ChooseamodifierfromtheModifiers
menu. This menu is organized into sets by
functionalit y.
Not all modifiers appear on t he Modifiers
menu.
• If the modifier buttons are visible on the
Modify panel and the modifier you want is
one of them, click t he button.
If the buttons are not visible but
you want to use them, click the Configure
Modifier S ets button (page 3–772) (below
the modifier stack display) and choose
Show Buttons. A set of buttons with the
names of modifiers appears between the
modifier list and the stack display. Click
Configure Modifier Sets again, choos e
the set of modifiers you want to use (for
example, Free-Form Deformations), and
then click the button for the modifier you
want to apply.
Rollouts are now displayed below the modifier
stack display, show ing settings for the modifier.
As you change these settings, the object updates
in viewports.
To remove a modifier:
• Do one of the following:
•
Choose the modifier by clicking its
name in the stack, and then click Remove
Modifier From The Stack. This button is
one of the tools beneath the d isplay of the
modifier stack.
• R ight-click the modifier’s name in the stack
and then choose Delete.
To turn the effect of a modifier off, do one of the
following:
• Click the light-bulb ic
on to the left of the
modifier’s name in the stack to turn it off.
When you apply a modifier, the light-bulb icon
is on by default.
• Right-click the modifier in the stack display,
and choose Off.
To tur n the eff ect of a modif ier ba ck on, do one of
the f ollowing:
• Click the light-bulb icon to the lef t of the
modifier’s name in the stack to turn it on.
• Right-click the modifier in the stack display,
and choose On.
Tochangethesizeofthemodifierstackdisplay:
1.
Positionthecursorovertheshadedbarbelow
the tool buttons beneath the stack list.
The cursor changes to an up-and-down resize
arrow (as it does on the horizontal edges of a
resizable window).
2. Dragthebarupordowntochangethesizeof
the stack display in the Modify panel.
To change a modifier’ s position in the stack:
1.
Right-click the modifier’s name in the stack,
and choose Cut.
2. Right-click the name of the modifier you want
the modifier to appear before (that is, above),
and choose Paste.
You can also drag-and-drop the modifier to a
differentlocationinthestack.