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Edit Poly Modifier 643

Function Animatable?

Select by Material ID No

Set Smoothing Group Yes

Select by Smoothing Group No

Auto Smooth Proc

Edit Poly Work f low

Edit Poly differs f rom other Edit modifiers in

3ds Max in that it provides two different modes,

available on the Edit P oly Mode rollout: one

for modeling, and the other for animating. By

default, Edit Poly operates in Model mode, w hose

functionalityismostlythesameasthatofEditable

Poly. Alterna tive ly, you can work in Animate

mode, where only functions you can animate are

available.

Each Edit Poly modifier can preser ve any number

of keyframes animating a single operation type,

such as transforming faces, on the same sub-object

selection. To animate other parts of the object,

or to animate a different operation on the same

sub-object selection, just use another Edit Poly

modifier.

Sub-object-specific functions in the Edit Poly

user interface can be found in their ow n rollouts,

leaving the Edit Geometry rollout with functions

thatcanbeusedatmostsub-objectlevels,aswell

as at the object level.

Also, many commands are accompanied by a

Settings button, which gives you two ways of using

the command:

• In Direct Manipulation mode, activated by

clicking the command button, you apply the

command by manipulating sub-objects directly

in the viewport. An example of this is Extrude.

Note: Some buttons, such as Tessellate, operate

on the mesh imm ediately, with no viewport

manipulation required.

• Interactive Manipulation mode is well

suited to experimentation. You activate this

mode by clicking the command’s Settings

button. This opens a non-modal settings dialog

and places you in preview mode, where you can

set parameters and see results immediately in

the viewp ort. You can then accept the results by

clicking OK, or reject them by clicking Cancel.

You can als o use this mode to apply the same or

different settings to several different sub-object

selections in a row. Make the selection,

optionally change the settings, click Apply, and

then repeat with a different selection.

Impor tant: When you click Apply, the settings are

“baked into” the selection, and then applied a g ain

to the selection as a preview. If you then click OK to

exit, you will have applied the settings twice. If your

intention is to apply them only once, simply click OK

the first time, or click Apply, and then Cancel.