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Shape Commands 373
Inter face
Put group
Put—Places the path into the scene as a separate
object (as a Copy or Instance).
Shape Commands
Selec t a Loft object. > Modify panel > Modifier stack
display > Sub-object level > Shape > Shape Commands
rollout
These controls let you align and compare shapes
along the loft path.
Inter face
Path Leve l—Adjuststheshape’spositiononthe
path.
Co mpare—Displays the Compare dialog (page
1–374) in which you can compare any number of
cross-section shapes.
Reset—Undoes rotation and scale of the shape
performedwiththeSelectandRotateorSelect
and Sca le.
Delete—Deletes the shape from the loft object.
Align group
Thesixbuttonsinthisgroupletyoualignthe
selectedshapeinrelationtothepath. Looking
down at a shape from the viewport in which it’s
created, the orientation is left to right a long the X
axis, and top to bottom along the Y axis.
Yo u c a n u s e a c o m b i n a t i o n o f t h e s e b u t t o n s
forplacementssuchascorneralignment. The
operations are additive. In other words, you can
use both Bottom and Left to place the shape in the
lower-left quadrant.
Center—Centers the shape on the path, based on
the bounding box of the shape.
Default—Returns the shape to its p o sition when
first placed on the loft path. When you use Get
Shape, the shape is placed so that the path goes
through its pivot point. This is not always the
same as the center of the shape. Therefore, clicking
Center is different than clicking Default.
Lef t —Alignstheleftedgeoftheshapetothepath.
Right—Aligns the right edge of the shape to the
path.
Top—Alignsthetopedgeoftheshapetothepath.
Bottom—Alignsthebottomedgeoftheshapeto
the path.
Put group
Put—Puts the shape into the scene as a separate
object.