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Above: Selected polygons in Perspective view
Below: S a m e polygons aligned to Front view
Grid Align—Aligns all vertices in the selected object
totheplaneofthecurrentview.Ifasub-object
mode is active, function ali gns only selected
sub-objects . This function aligns the selected
vertices to the current construction plane. The
current plane is specified by the active viewport
in the case of the home grid. When using a grid
object, the current plane is the active grid object.
Relax—Applies the Relax function to the current
selection, using the Relax dialog settings (see
follow ing). Relax normalizes mesh spacing by
moving each vertex toward the average location of
itsneighbors.ItworksthesamewayastheRelax
modifier (page 1–779).
Note: At the object level, Relax applies to the entire
object. At any sub-object level, Relax applies only
to the current selection.
Relax Settings—Opens the Relax dialog (page
1–1076), which lets you specif y how the Relax
function is applied.
Hide Selected ( Ver tex, Polygon, and Element levels
only )—
Hides any selected sub-objectgs.
Unhide All (V er tex , Polygon, and El ement levels
only )—
Restores a ny hidden sub-objects to
visibility.
Hide Unselected ( Ver tex, Polygon, and Element
levels only)—
Hides any unselected sub-objects.
Named Se lections (sub-object levels only)
Lets you copy and paste named selection sets of
sub-objects between objects. Start by creating one
or more named selection sets, copy one, select a
different object, go to the same sub-object level,
and then paste the set.
Note: This f unc t ion uses sub-object IDs, so if the
target object’s geometry differs from that of the
source object, the pasted selection will probably
comprise a different set of sub-objects.
For more information, see Named Selection Sets
(page 1–67).
Co py—Opens a dialog that lets you specify a
named selection set to place into the copy buffer.
Pas t e—Pastes the named selection from the copy
buffer.
Delete I sol ated Verti ces (E dge, Bor der, Poly gon, and
Element l evels only )—
When on, deletes isolated
vertices when you delete a selection of contiguous
sub-objects. When off, deleting sub-objects leaves
all vertices intact. Default=on.