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30 Chapter 10: Precision and Drawing Aids
Pr ocedur es
To create a plane angle manipulator :
1.
IntheCreatepanel,gotoHelpers
and choose Manipulators from the drop-down
list.
2. ClicktoturnonPlaneAngle.
3. Drag in a viewport, and then release the mouse.
The plane angle manipulator is always created
vertically, along the Y axis of the viewport in
which you drag.
To change the angle of a plane angle manipulator:
1.
Turn on S elect And Man ipulate.
Tip: If you are still in the Create
panel, turn on Select Object before using the
manipulator. Otherwise, it is too easy to create
a new one.
2. In a viewport, move the mouse over the
manipulator.
The manipulator turns red when the mouse is
over it and it is available to be manipulated.
Also,atooltipappears,showingthenameof
the m anipulator and its cur rent value.
3. Drag the handle of the plane angle manipulator.
TheAnglevaluechangesasyoudragthe
manipulator.Thisvaluecanrangebetween0.0
and 360.0.
To select a plane angle manipulator:
1.
Turn on Select Object.
You can also use Select And Move,
Select And Rot
ate, and the scale options on a
plane angle manipulator.
2. Turn off S elect And Manipulate.
If you don’t turn off Select And Manipulate, you
adjust the manipulator’s Angle value without
affecting its properties.
3. Adjust the properties of the selected
manipulator.
To connect a pla ne a ngle mani pulator so it controls
another object:
1.
Select the plane angle
manipulator.
Note: Select And Man
ipulate 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 Paramet
ers 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 pop-up menu, choose Object, then the
name of the parame
ter you want to manipulate.
The Parameter Wiri
ng dialog (page 2–412)
appears.
6. In the Parameter Wiring dialog, make sure
the direction goes from the manipulator to
the object (or b o
th direct ions), and then click
Connect.
7. Close the Parameter Wiring dialog.
Now when you turn on Select And Manipulate
and use the manipulator, the object updates
under the manip
ulator’s control.