User Guide

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Building Worlds
• Hide in Browser View to create a hidden object, such as a hidden luminous object. (See
“Creating hidden luminous objects” on page 54.)
• Locked to lock the object. (See “Locking objects” on page 37.)
• Subtractive to use the object to cut through another object. (See “Creating openings in
objects” on page 26.)
3 Click in the document window. If you’re working in Top view, click where you want to
locate the center of the stairs object. If you’re working in Side view, click where you want
to locate the third step from the bottom of the stairs object. If you’re working in Isometric
view, click where you want to locate the third step from the bottom of the stairs object.
Hold down the mouse button and drag to reposition the object.
To change the vertical height or horizontal span of stairs:
1 Select Top view.
2 In the Tool Inspector palette, choose Connectors for the Select option.
3 Select the select tool (), and click away from the stairs object if it’s currently selected.
4 Press Shift and select the two connectors at the end of the stairs object you want to
change.
5 Select Side view. Although you can change the size in any view, the vertical height and
horizontal span are easier to see if you work in Side view with the connectors already
selected from Top view.
6 Do one of the following:
• To change the vertical height, Shift-drag the selected connectors up or down.
• To change the horizontal span, Shift-drag the selected connectors to the right or left.
To change the width of stairs:
1 Select Top view.
2 In the Tool Inspector palette, choose Connectors for the Select option.
3 Select the select tool ().
4 Do one of the following:
• To make each step the same width, Shift-drag the two connectors at the side of the
stairs object.
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