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918 Chapter 8: Modifiers
• Circle —Drag outward to sketch a circle, and
then move the mouse in a circle to rotate the
circle.
Show Vertex Order—Displays numbered labels that
indicate the order in which vertices were selected
andwillspreadoutduringsketching.
Interactive Mode—Shows vertex positioning as you
sketch. Turn off for faster feedback.
Dra g Cursor S ize—Sets the size of the mouse
cursor used while dra gging a selection.Default=8.
Range=1 to 15.
OK —Accepts the changes and closes the dialog.
Cancel—Undoes any changes and closes the dialog.
Set As Default—Makesthecurrentsettingsthe
defaults for the cur rent session.
St itch Tool Dia log
Select an object. > Modify panel > Modifier List >
Object-Space Modifiers > Unwrap UVW > Edit button (on
Parameters rollout) > Tools menu > Stitch Selected
After you’ve separa ted your object’s UVW
coordinates into clusters, either manually or
using one of the automatic tools on the Mapping
menu (page 1–898),youcanusetheStitch
tool to recombine specific clusters by merging
corresponding edges.
Note: You can stitch together only two clusters at a
time. If the current sub-object selection is shared
by more than one cluster, then “majority rules”:
Stitch attaches the cluster that shares the most
sub-objects. If the number of sub-objects shared
bymultipleotherclustersisthesame,thesoftware
attachestheclusterwhosesharedsub-objectswere
chosen first.
Procedure
To stitch two clusters together:
1.
In the “source” cluster, select sub-objects along
an edge you want to connect.
By default, this causes the shared edges to
highlight in the “target” object(s).
2. Choose St itch Selected.
The clusters are connected.
3. Adjust the settings on the Stitch Tool dialog.
Feedback ta kes place in real t i me.
4. ClickOKtoacceptorCanceltoabort.
Interfa ce
Align Clusters—Moves the target cluster to the
source cluster, and rotates the target cluster into
place if n ecessary. When off, the target cluster
remains in its original position and orientation.
Default=on.
Tip: If your clusters overlap after stitching with
Align Clusters tur ned on, c ancel the st itching, and
then po sition and a lign them as you want them
after s titching. T hen use the Stitch tool with Align
Clusters turned off.
Scale Clusters—Resizes the target cluster to a size
comparable to that of the source cluster. Takes
effect on ly when Al i gn Clusters is on. Default=on.