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deformationtypeandthecurvedisplaysetting.
The curves are color-coded by axis.
A red curve displays deformation along the shape’s
local X axis. A green curve displays deformation
alongtheshape’slocalYaxis.
Control Point fi elds—At the bottom of the
Deformation dialog are two edit fields. When a
single control point is selected these fields display
the path location and deformation amount of the
control point.
Control Point Posi tion—The left field displays the
location of the control point on the loft path as a
percentage of the total p ath length.
Control Point Amount—The rig ht field displays the
deformation value of the control point.
Deformation Dialog status bar
The Deformation dialogs hav e their own view
navigation buttons in the lower-right corner.
Thesegiveyoucontrolsforzoomingandpanning
the view of the deformation grid as you edit
the curve values. The st atus bar also displays
information about the current tool and the selected
control point.
Numeric fields—These two fields are accessible only
if a single control point is selected. The first gives
the point’s horizon tal position, and the second
gives its vertical position, or value. You can edit
these fields with the keyboard.
Lock As pect —This button is present on ly in the
Fit Deformation dialog. When active, it restricts
zooming to vertical and horizontal at the same
time.
Zoom E x tents—Changes the view magnificat ion so
theentiredeformationcurveisvisible.
Zoom H or i zonta l Extent s—Changes the view
magnification along the path length so the entire
path area is v isible in the dialog.
Zoom Ve rtica l Exten ts—Changes the view
magnification along the deformation values so the
entire deformation curve is displayed in the dialog.
Zoom Horizontally—Changes magnification along
the p ath length.
• Dragtotherighttoincreasemagnification.
• Drag to the left to decrease magnification.
Zoom Ver tically—Changes mag nification along the
deformation value.
• Drag upward to increase mag nification.
• Drag downward to decrease magnification.
Zoom—Changes magnification along both the
path length and the deformation value, preserving
the curve aspec t ratio.
• Drag upward to increase mag nification.
• Drag downward to decrease magnification.
Zoom Reg ion —Dragaregiononthedeformation
grid. The region is then magnified to fill the
deformation dialog.
Pan —Drag in the view to move in any direction.
Scroll bars—Drag the horizontal and vertical scroll
bars to pan the view in a single direction.
Pa th Comma nd s
Selec t a Lof t objec t. > Modify panel > Modifier stack
display > Sub-object level > Path > Path Commands
ThePathCommandsrolloutappearsonlywhen
you are modifying an exist ing loft object and have
selected Path f rom the Sub-Object list. The Put
command allows you to make a copy or instance
of the loft path.