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Result while in sub-object level, you can see the

original sub-object selection as a yellow mesh,

thefinalobjectasawhitemesh,andtheoriginal

editable mesh as an orange mesh.

Selection rollout

See Selection Rollout (Editable Mesh) (page 1–999).

Named Selections

Co py—Places a n amed selection into the copy

buffer.

Pas te—Pastes a named selection from the copy

buffer.

For more information, see Na med Selection Sets

(page 1–67).

Selec tion Information

At the bottom of the Selection rollout is a

text display giving information about the

current selection. If no objects or more than

one sub-object are selected, the text gives the

numberofobjectsandthetypeselected. Ifa

single sub-object is selected, the text g ives its

identification number and ty pe.

Note: When the current sub-object level is Polygon

or Element, selection information is given in faces.

Soft Sele ction rollout

Soft Selection controls affect the action of

sub-object Mo ve, Rotate, and Scale functions.

When these are on, 3ds Max applies a spline curve

deformation to unselected vertices surrounding

the t ransformed selected sub-object. T his provides

a m agnet-like effect with a sphere of influence

around the transformation.

For more information, see Soft Selection Rollout

(page 1–963).

Edit Geomet ry rollout

The Edit Geometr y rollout (page 1–1011) provides

various controls for editing an editable mesh object

and its sub-objects. Fo r information specific to the

different sub-object levels, click any of the links

below:

Editable Mesh (Object) (page 1–1001)

Editable Mesh (Vertex) (page 1–1003)

Editable Mesh (Edge) (page 1–1006)

Editable Mesh (Face/Polygon/Element) (page

1–1009)

WorkingwithMeshSub-Objects

This topic describes how to work with sub-object

selections when you are editing an Editable Mesh

(page 1–996).