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3.
Drag the base of the cone angle manipulator’s
cone.
TheAnglevaluechangesasyoudragthe
manipulator.Thisvaluecanrangebetween0.0
and 360.0.
To select a cone a ngle manipulator:
1.
Turn on Select Object.
You can also use Select And Move,
SelectAndRotate,andthescaleoptionsona
cone angle manipulat
or.
2. Turn of f Se lec t An d
Manipulate.
If you don’t turn off
Select And Manipulate, you
adjust the manipulator’s Angle v alue without
affect ing its prop erties.
3. Adjust the properties of the selected
manipulator.
To connect a cone angle manipulator so it controls
another object:
1.
Select the cone angle manipulator.
Note: Select And Manipulate must be off
before you can select the manipulator.
2. Choose Animation > Wire Parameters > Wire
Parameters.
Yo u c a n a l s o r i g h t - c l i c k t h e m a n i p u l a t o r a n d
choose Wire Parameters from the Transform
(lower-right) quadrant of the quad menu.
A pop-up menu appears over the manipulator.
3. In the pop-up menu, choose Object > Angle.
4. Drag to the object you want to manipulate, and
click it.
A pop-up menu appears over the object.
5. In the p op-up menu, choose Object, then the
name of the parameter you want to manipulate.
The
Parameter Wiring dialog (page 2–395)
appears.
6. In the Parameter Wiring dialog, make sure
the direction goes from the manipulator to
the object (or both direc tions), and then click
Connect.
7. Close t he Parameter Wiring dialog.
Now when you turn on Select And Manipulate
and use the manipulator, the object updates
under the manipulator’s control.
Interfa ce
Angle—The initial angle of the manipulator.
Distance—The length of the manipulator, in
3ds Max units. Default=the distance of mouse
drag when the manipulator was created.
Use S qu ar e—When on, the base of the cone
is s quare or rectangular, rather than circular.
Default=off.
Aspect—WhenUseSquareison,adjuststheaspect
ratio of the rectangular cone base. Default=1.0.