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7.
If you w ant, move the Slice Plane to a second
position and click the Slice button again.
8. Click t he Slice Plane button again to turn it off
and see the results.
9. To better understand what has happened, turn
off Edges Only in the Display panel.
Slice gizmo placed for first slice (top) and second slice
(bottom)
Inter face
Note: The keyboard shor tcuts listed here require
that the Keyboard Shortcut Override Toggle (page
3–872) be on.
Cut and Slice group
Slice Plane—Creates a gizm o for a slice plane that
can be positioned and rotated where you want to
slice the edges. Also enables the Slice button.
Slice—Performs the slice operation at the location
of the slice plane. The Slice button is available only
whentheSlicePlanebuttonishighlighted.This
tool slices the mesh just l ike the Slice modifier (page
1–825) in “Operate On: Face” mode.
Note: Slice works only on a sub-object selection.
Make the selection before activating Slice Plane.
Cut—Lets you divide a edge at any point, then
divide a second edge at any point, creating a new
edge or edges between the two points. Clicking
the first edge sets t he first vertex. A dotted line
tracks the cursor movement until you click a
second edge. A new vertex is created at each edge
division. Alternately, double-clicking an edge
simply divides that edge at the point clicked, with
invisible edges on either side.
You can use Cut to cut across any number of faces,
even across an entire object. Click one edge to
start the cut, and a second edge to end the cut.
Use Snaps (page 2–35) with Cut for precision. Cut
suppor ts Midpoint, Endpoint, and Vertex snaps.
Yo u c a n a l s o u s e t h e k e y b o a r d s h o r t c u t
Alt+C to
toggle Cut mode.
Impor tant: When using the Cut tool to add new edges,
you should work in a non-Perspective viewport, such
as Front or User. If you use Cut while working in a
Perspective viewport, you may find that the created
edges appear to jump or aren’t placed correctly. Using
an orthogonal viewport will allow the cuts to appear
where you click.
Tip:
WhenperformingaCut,turnonSelection
rollout > Ignore Backfacing to avoid accidentally
selectingedgesonthebacksideofthemesh.
Split—When on, the Slice and Cut operations
create double sets of ver tices at the points where
the edges are divided. This lets you easily delete