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object. Choose Paste Instanced to make the
pasted modifiers instances of those you copied.
Inter face
Rename—Lets you change the name of the
modifier. For example, you might change the
name Bend to the more specific "First 45-degree
bend." After choosing Rename, enter the new
name in the st ack display, and then press
Enter .
Pressing
Esc cancels the name change.
Delete—Deletes the modifier from the stack. The
modifier is not available for pasting.
Cut—Cuts t he modifier from the stack. The
modifier is removed, but is available for pasting.
Co py—Mak es a copy of the modifier that is
available for pasting.
Pas te—Pastes the modifier into the stack. The
modifier appears above the currently selected
object or modifier, unless it is a world space
modifier, in which case it is pasted at the top of the
stack.
You can paste a modifier from one object into the
stack of a different object.
Paste is unavailable when more than one modifier
is selected in the stack.
Pas t e Ins t a n ced—Pastes an instance of the modifier
into the stack. The modifier instance appears
above the currently selected object or m odifier,
unless it is a world space mo difier, in which case it
ispastedatthetopofthestack.
You can paste a modifier instance from one object
into the stack of a different object.
Paste Instanced is unavailable when more than one
modifier is selected in the stack.
Mak e Unique—Converts an instanced modifier to
a copy that’s unique to t he current object. This
button is unavailable unless the mod ifier you
right-clicked is instanced. See Make Un ique (page
3–770).
Collapse To—Collapses a port ion of the st ack.
Collapse To is unavailable un less you select one
or more modifiers in the stack. Using Collapse
To collapses all stack items from the object itself,
up to and including the uppermost selected stack
item. If there are modifiers above the uppermost
selection, they are not changed.
The resultant object ty pe depends on the
uppermost modifier that outputs a specific
geometrytype,ifany. Ifthestackcontainsno
such modifier, the result is an editable mesh
(page 1–996). If the collapsed portion of the
stack contains a modifier that outputs a specific
geometry type, and no other such modifier is
aboveit,theresultisthattypeofobject. For
example, if the topmost such collapsed modifier is
Edit Poly, the resultan t object is Editable Poly.
Collapse A ll—Collapses the entire stack.