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Quad Menu 743
Rotate—
Lets you rotate objects. This is the same
as clicking
Select And Rotate (p age 1–420)
on the
main toolbar.
Yo u c a n o p e n t h e
Transform Type-In (page 1–412)
by clicking the icon to the right of Rotate on this
menu.
Scale—Lets you scale objects. This is the same
as clicking
Select And Scale (page 1–421)
on the
main toolbar. If one of the other
Select And Scale
flyout (page 1–421)
buttonsisactiveonthemain
toolbar , that tool becomes active when you click
Scale on the quad menu.
Yo u c a n o p e n t h e
Transform Type-In (page 1–412)
by clicking the icon to the right of Scale on this
menu.
Select—Lets you select objects.
Clo n e —Lets you clone objects. This is the same as
choosing
Clone (page 1–461)
from the Edit menu.
Proper t ies—Opens the
Object Properties dia log
(page 1–111)
for a selected object. This command
is available only if an object is selected when you
open the quad menu.
Curve Editor—Opens and displays the selected
object at the top of the Track View Hierarchy. This
command is visible only if an object is selected
when you open the quad menu.
Dope Sheet—Opens and displays the
Dope Sheet
(page 2–489)
.
Wire Parameters—Starts a
wire parameter (page
2–393)
from the selected object. This command
is available only if an object is selected when you
open the quad menu.
Co nvert To—This submenu lets you convert the
selected object to an
editable mesh (page 1–984)
,
an
editable patch (page 1–950)
,an
editable spline
(page 1–284)
,a
NURBS surface (page 1–1102)
,or
an
editable poly (page 1–1012)
. This command
is available only if an object is selected when you
open the quad menu.
Display quadrant
TheseoptionsareavailablefromtheDisplay
quadrant:
Isol ate S election—The
Isolate Selection tool (page
1–73)
lets you edit your selection while hiding the
rest of the scene.
Tip: Youcanusethissuccessivelytodigintoalarge
selection set.
Isolate S election’s Layer—Isolates the lay er of the
selected object.
Unfreeze All—Unfreezes al l f rozen objects.
Freeze S electi on—Freezes the selected objects.
Frozen objects are visible in the viewports, but
cannot be manipulated.
Freeze S election’s L ayer —Freezes the layer of the
selected object.
Unhide by Na me—Displays a dialog you use to
hide objects you choose from a list. See
Select
Objects Dialog (page 1–78)
,whichdescribes
nearly identical controls.
Note: You cannot unhide an object on a hidden
layer.Ifyouselectandobjectonahiddenlayer,a
dialog w ill prompt you to unhide the layer first.
Unhide All —Un hides all hidden objects.
Hide Unselected—Hides all visible objects that are
not selected. Hidden objects stil l exist in the scene,
but do not appear in the viewports or in rendered
images.
Hide S election—Hides the selected objects.
Hide Selection’ s Layer—Hides the layer of the
selected object.
Contex t Hide/Unhide Tools—Thehideandunhide
commands are context-specific for editable
meshes,polys,patches,andsplines. Theyare