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Editable Mesh Tools
Editable mesh tools (listed in Table 4.3) are the polygon-editing tools found either through the shortcut menu (displayed in Figure 4.7) or the sub-object level of an object that has been collapsed to an editable mesh.
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| Attach/Detach | ü | ü | Adds faces to/separates faces from object | ||
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| Extrude | ü | ü | ü | Creates new geometry from selected sub-object | |
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| Chamfer/Bevel | ü | ü | ü | ü | Rounds over selected sub-object—very useful. |
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| Create | ü | ü | ü | ü | Creates the desired element; also creates new shapes from multiple selected edges. |
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| Cut | ü | ü | ü | Allows you to arbitrarily cut new edges, faces, and polygons by merely “drawing” new edges—incredibly powerful. | |
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| Divide | ü | ü | ü | Allows you to choose the location of a new vertex (and subsequent faces and edges) by clicking along an edge | |
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| Weld/Break | ü | Combines/separates vertices | |||
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| Edges | ü | Provides edge visibility and direction control | |||
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| Normals | ü | Controls surface direction of faces | |||
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| Align Selected | ü | ü | ü | ü | Changes the orientation of selection |
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| Make Selected Planar | ü | ü | ü | ü | Aligns selected sub-object to common plane |
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| Hide Selected | ü | ü | ü | ü | Hides/unhides selection |
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4.7 The mesh modeling shortcut menu
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