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Morpher Modifier 729
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To create a mirrored pair, specify an Offset
amount and turn on Copy.
Inter face
Modifier Stack
Mirror Center—Represents the axis of the mirror
effect. You can move, rotate or scale the gizmo to
affect the mirroring. You can animate the gizmo
transforms, which you can’t do with the toolbar
Mirror (page 1–448) tool.
For more information on the stack display, see
Modifier Stack (page 3–760).
Parameters rollout
Mirror Axis group
X, Y, Z, X Y, Y Z, ZX —Specify the axis or axes about
which the mirroring t akes place. You can usually
seetheeffectintheviewportasyouselectthe
option.
Options group
Offset—Specifies the offset, in units, from the
mirroraxis.Thisisananimatableparameter.
Co py—Copies the geometry rather than simply
mirroring it.
Note: The Copy option affects only geomet ry with
triangular meshes.
Morpher Modifier
Select a mesh, patch, or NURBS object. > Modify panel
> Modifier List > Morphe r
Select a mesh, patch, or NURBS object. > Modifiers menu
> Animation Modifiers > Morpher
On this patch model, morph targets are created by moving
control vertices and tangent handles in an Editable Patch.
Use the Morpher modifier to change the shape of
a mesh, patch, or NURBS model. You can also
morph shapes (splines), and World Space FFDs.
As well as morphing from one shape to another,