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To convert the object, right-click once in the
Perspectiveviewporttoexitcreatemode.
This leaves the object selec ted. Right-click
again in the Perspective v iewport, and then
at the bottom of the Transform quadrant,
choose Convert To > Convert To Editable Poly.
Alternatively, apply the Edit Poly modifier.
The object is now an editable poly and the
command panel switches to the Modify panel.
3. Cutisavailableattheobjectlevelaswellasat
every sub-object level. On the Edit Geometry
rollout, find the Cut button, and then click it.
4. In the Perspective viewport , position the mouse
cursor in the center of a corner polygon, such
as the one closest to you, click once, and then
move the mouse around the viewport.
Two or three lines appear and move as you
move the mouse. One line connects the mouse
cursor to the orig i nal click location, and
indicates where the next cut will appear when
you click the mouse button. Another connects
to a corner of the polygon; this connection
changes depending on the mouse position.
And, if the cursor isn’t over an edge or a vertex
(it changes appearance if it is, depending on
which), a third line connects the mouse cursor
to another vertex.
This demonstrates one aspect of the new Cut
functionality; in previous versions, the first
click in a Cut operation connected to two
corners of the polygon.
5. Continue cutting in a rectangular pattern,
clicking once at the center of a different
polygon, finish by clicking once more at the
starting point, a nd then right-click to exit Cut
mode.
The result is a rectangle across four polygons,
without any connecting visible edges. In
previous versions, you would have had eight
connecti ng v isible edges: two in each of the
original polygons. Note that all the edges you
created are selected, and ready for further
transformation or editing.
6. Cut a rectangle into the center of a single
polygon.
In this case you end up with a single, additional
visibleedgeinsteadofseven,asinprevious
versions. The edge connects corner of the
new polygon with a corner of the original one.
Thisnewedgeisnotselected,buttheonesyou
created explicitly are.