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Note:
With Both tur ned on, both the inner and
outer bounds scale together.
3. Increase the Parent Overlap value until the
inner (red) envelope appears through the mesh.
4. If necessary, decrease the Falloff value to
strengthen this envelope.
5. To finish correcting the pelvis area, adjust the
Overlap of the thigh and buttock envelopes.
To select and edit cross sections:
1.
On the Selection Level rollout, turn on
Cross Sec tion.
2. IntheEnvelopeParametersgroup,turnon
Inner or Outer if you wa
nt to work with cross
sections solely in that par t of the envelope. Turn
on Both to be able to work on both Inner and
Outer cross sect ions
atthesametime.
3. Turn on Select Object on the Main
toolbar, and in a viewport, click the cross
section you want.
As you move the curs
or over a selectable cross
sect ion, it changes to a plus shape, letting you
knowtheobjectatthatlocationisselectable.
By default, selected cross sec t ions are yellow.
(You can customi
ze this color with the Blending
Envelope Display Options dialog (page 2–1125).)
Yo u c a n u s e
Ctrl +click to add other cross
sect ions to the selec tion set.
4. Use Radial Scale to resize the selected cross
section, and t h
etransformtoolstomove,
rotate, and scale it.
5. To m o ve t o t h e a d j a c e nt c r o s s
sectionwithinthecurrentbound,clickNext
or Previous.
Tip: You can also use the Control Point level
to individually tr ansform cross section control
points.
To copy a n envelope and i ts settings to a mirr ored
lin k ( for exa mpl e, f r om on e thi gh to t he ot her ) :
1.
Selectthesourcelink.
2. In the Edit Commands g roup, click Copy.
Theenvelopesettingsaresavedinabuffer.
3. Selectthemirrorlink,andthenintheEdit
Commands g roup, click Paste.
Theenvelopeisappliedtotheoppositelink,
but without mirroring. It is now the currently
selected envelope.
4. In the Edit Commands group, click Mirror.
The selection flips about the mirror axis.
5. Use the Rotate transform on the Main toolbar
to rotate the selection to its final orientation.
See also
Envelope Sub-Object (page 2–1130)
Fine-Tuning Envelopes (page 2–1088)
Fine-Tuning E nvelopes
Once you have adjusted inner and outer
bounds of envelopes at the Envelope Sub-Object
level, you may find you need still finer control:
choose either the Cross Section or Control Point
selection level in the Blending Envelopes rollout.
Using Cross S ections
Bothinnerandouterenvelopeboundsarelike
hulls about ribs,thecrosssections. Foreach
envelope, there are by default four cross sections
you can use to alter the envelope’s shape.