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Geometry Rollout (Patch) 991
the intersection between the surface created
by a b eveling operation and the neighboring
patches. The shapes are determined by the handle
configurations of vertices at the intersections.
Sta rt refers to the intersection between the sides
and the patches surrounding the beveled patch.
Finis h refers to the intersection b etween the sides
andthebeveledpatchorpatches. Thefollowing
settings are available for each:
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Smooth—Vertex hand les are set so the angles
between the new patches and their neighbors
are relatively small.
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Linear—Vertex handles are set to create linear
transitions.
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None—Vertex handles are not modified.
Wa rning: Set Bevel Smoothing before the bevel is
per formed; changing the setting has no effect on
existing beveled patches.
Tangent group (Ve rtex and Han dle levels only)
These controls let you copy orientation, and
optionally length, between handles on the same
object, or on d ifferent objects applied with
instances of the same Edit Patch modifier. The tool
doesn’t support copying handles from one patch
object to another, or between spline and pat ch
objects.
Co py—Copies a patch hand le’s t ransform settings
to a copy buffer.
When you click Copy, 3ds Max displays all handles
on the selected object. When the mouse cursor is
over a handle end, the cursor image changes to the
one show n below. Click a handle end to copy its
direction and length to the paste buffer; this also
exits Copy mode.
Pas t e—Pastes orientation information from the
copy buffer to a vertex handle. If Paste Length is
on, it also pastes the length of the copied handle.
When you click Paste, the s of tware displays a ll
handles on the selected objec t . When the mouse
cursor is over a handle end, the cursor image
changes to the one shown b elow. Click a handle
end to paste the information from the buffer to the
handle. You can continue clicking other handle
ends to paste the information repeatedly. To exit
Paste m ode, rig ht-click in the viewport or click t he
Paste button.
Co py Length / Paste Length—When on and you
useCopy,thelengthofthehandleisalsocopied.
When on and you use Paste, the length of the
originally copied handle is pasted as well as its
orientation. When off, only the orientation is
copied or pasted.
Sur f ace group
View S teps—Controls the g rid resolution of the
patch model surface as depicted in the viewports.
Range=0 to 100. Default=5.
Render S teps—Controls the grid resolution of the
patch model surface when rendered. Range=0 to
100. Default=5.