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Collapse Utility 967
2.
Select the object or objects that you want to
collapse.
3. Click the Collapse Selected button .
All modifiers are removed from the modifier
stack and the object becomes an editable mesh.
To collapse the sta ck of an object into a n editabl e
surface other than mesh:
1.
On the Utilities panel, click the Collapse button.
2. OntheCollapserollout,setOutputTypeto
Modifier Stack Result.
3. Select the object or objects that you want to
collapse.
4. Apply a modifier that outputs the desired
ultimate surface type, such as Turn To Poly
(page 1–874) or Turn To Patch (page 1–873).
5. Click the Collapse Selected button .
All modifiers are removed from the modifier
stack and the object becomes an editable
surface of the type indic ated by the modifier.
To subtra ct multiple objects fr om a nother object:
The Boolean compound object restricts you to
combining objects one at a t ime. With the Collapse
utility, you can perform Bo olean operations on
several objects simultaneously.
1. For the purposes of this procedure, we’ll c a l l the
object to have shapes subtracted from Main.
Create and arrange Main and the objects to
subtract from it. For example, you migh t have
several boxes penetrating a sphere (Main)in
different places; subtracting them will produce
box-shaped cutouts in the sphere’s surface.
2. Select Main, and then select the objects to be
subtracted from it.
Thefirstobjectyouselectbeforecollapsingis
the one from which the others are subtracted.
3. On the Utilities panel, click the Collapse button.
4. OntheCollapserollout,setOutputTypeto
Mesh, i f necessary.
5. IntheCollapseTogroup,chooseSingleObject.
6. Turn on Boolean, and then choose Subtraction.
7. Click the Collapse Selected button.
All objects you selected after Main, the first
object, are subtracted from Main.
Interfa ce
Selected Object group
Displaysthenameofthecurrentselection.Ifmore
than one object is selected, "[Nu mber] Objects
Selected.” displays.
Collapse S elected—Collapses the selected objects.
The method of collapse depends on the settings of
the options below this button.