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4.
Drag over the object to place the hig h light.
When you place an omni, free spot, or
directional light, the software displays a face
normal for the face the mouse indicates.
When you place a target spotlight, the software
displays the lig ht’s target and the base of its
cone.
5. Releasethemousewhenthenormalortarget
display indicates the face you want to highlight.
The light now has a new position and
orientation. You can s ee the highlight
illumination in shaded viewports that show
thefaceyouchose,andwhenyourenderthose
views.
Align Camera
Main toolbar > Align Camera button ( on Align flyout)
Tools menu > Align Camera
Align C amera, available from the Align flyout
(page 1–462), lets you align a camera to a selected
face normal.
AlignCameraworkssimilarlytoPlace Highlight
(page 1–467),exceptthatitoperatesonface
normals instead of the angle of incidence, and
occurs when you release the mouse button instead
of dynamically acting during the mouse drag. Its
purposeistoletyoualignaCameraviewportto
a specified face nor m al.
Other a lignment tools on the Align flyout are Align
(page 1–462), Quick Align (page 1–465), Normal
Align (page 1–465), Place Highlight (page 1–467),
and Align to View (page 1–468).
Procedure
To use Align Camera:
1.
Select the camera used for the viewp ort you
want to align.
2. Click A lign Camera or choose Tools
menu > Align Camera.
3. In any viewport, drag the mouse over an object
surface to choose a face.
The chosen face normal appears as a blue arrow
beneath the cursor.
4. Releasethemousetoperformthealignment.
Thesoftwaremovesthecamerasoitfaces
and centers the selected normal in the c amer a
view por t.
Align to V iew
Main toolbar > Align to View (on Align flyout)
Tools menu > Align to View
Align to View, available f rom the Align flyout
(page 1–462), displays the Align To View dialog,
whichletsyoualignthelocalaxisofanobjector
sub-object selection with the current viewport.
You can use Align to View w ith any selection that
can b e transformed.
Other alignment tools on the Align flyout are Align
(page 1–462), Quick Alig n (page 1–465), Normal
Align (page 1–465), Place Highlight (page 1 –467) ,
and Align to Camera (page 1–468).
Procedure
To a lign the local ax is of a selection with the current
viewport:
1.
Select the objects or sub-objects to align.