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1038 Chapter 9: Surface Modeling
Above: Original object
Below: O bject with edges selected
Above: Selected edges removed from original object
Below: Unwanted edges removed
Interfa ce
Selec tion rollo ut
See Editable Poly (page 1–1025) for information on
the Select rollout settings.
Soft Selection rollout
Soft Selection controls apply a smooth falloff
between selected sub-objects and unselected
ones.WhenUseSoftSelectionison,unselected
sub-objectsnearyourselectionaregivenpartial
selection va lues. These values are shown in t he
viewports by means of a color gradient on the
vertices, and optionally on the faces. They affect
most t ypes of sub-objec t deformations, such as the
Move, Rotate, and S ca le f u nctions, as well as any
deformation modifiers (such as Bend) applied to