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626 Chapter 8: Modifiers
4.
On the CrossSection Parameters rollout, toggle
between Linear and Smooth. Notice how the
splines change.
5. On the Modify panel, toggle the Show
End Result On/Off Toggle button to display the
final patch surface. The toggle won’t remain on
if the C rossSection modifier is current. Drop
down to the Editable Patch in the stack and
turnontheShowEndResulttoggleifyoulike.
Tip: When you use CrossSect ion, draw splines
in a consistent d irect ion. A tw isted surface
results when lines are created from vertices that
are not lined up.
Inter face
Linear /Smooth/B ezier /B ezier Corner—Determines
what type of curve will be used through the spline
vertices.
Delete M esh Modifi er
Modify panel > Make a sub-object selec tion. > M odifier
List > Delete Mesh
Modify panel > Make a sub-object selection. > Modifiers
menu > M esh Editing > Delete Mesh
Delete Mesh used to remove the faces where the handle joins
the cup.
Delete Mesh provides parametric deletion based
on the current sub-object selection level in the
stack. The possible choices are faces, vertices,
edges, and objects. Apply the Delete Mesh
modifier to delete the geometry specified at that
sub-object level.
Fo r example, you can ap ply a Mesh Select modifier
(page 1–719), select a row of faces in a cylinder,
and then apply a Delete Mesh modifier to delete
thosefaces.Toundothedeletion,youcansimply
remove the Delete Mesh modifier.
Tip: Try applying a Delete Mesh modifier following
an animated Vol. Select modifier (page 1–952).
Procedure
Example: To delete a row of fa ces in a cylinder:
1.
Create a cylinder (page 1–177).
2. Apply a Mesh Select modifier and select a row
of faces in the cylinder.
3. Apply the Delete Mesh modifier to delete those
faces.
To undo the deletion, remove the Delete
Mesh modifier.