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Tags Menu
Edit Tag
This command is only of use if the Attribute manager is closed. It opens the Attribute manager, where
you can then edit the parameters of the selected tag. You can also open the Attribute manager by
double-clicking a tag.
Don’t use this command if the Attribute manager is already open and you want to edit a tag. Instead,
in the Object manager, select the tag or tags that you want to edit. Their parameters will then appear
in the Attribute manager, where you can edit them.
Copy Tag To Children
If you select this command, the selected tag will be copied to all child objects of the active object. If
a child object already has a tag of the same type, its tag will be overwritten with that of the parent.
There is one exception: the Texture tag. This tag is still copied, but the child will keep its own tag as
well (an object can have more than one Texture tag).
Select Identical Child Tags
Using this command, you can select like child tags. For example, suppose you want to change the
material used by a parent object and all its children. To do this the most efcient way, you rst need
to select all of these tags, and this command gives you a quick way to do this. Select the Texture tag
of the parent and choose the command to select the Texture tags of the relevant children as well.
You can now proceed to assign the new material to all the tags — drag the desired material from the
Object manager and drop it into the Material box on the Attribute manager’s Tag page.
Texture Menu
Generate UVW Coordinates
You can use this command to generate UVW coordinates. This is especially useful for imported objects
that do not have UVW coordinates. UVW coordinates prevent a texture from ‘slipping’ when you
deform the object. You generate UVW coordinates starting from a normal projection mode such as
Flat.
To generate UVW coordinates
 Create a texture, allocate it to the object and set the desired projection type
such as Flat.
 Generate UVW coordinates.
 Deform the object.