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• When over a selected polygon, the mouse
cursor changes to a B evel cursor.
• With multiple polygons selected, dr agg ing on
any one bevels all selected polygons equally.
• You can drag other polygons in turn to bevel
them while the Bevel button is active. Click
Be vel again or right-click to end the operation.
Polygon beveled outward (left) and inward (rig ht)
Bevel Settings—Opens the Bevel Selection
dialog (page 1–1068)
,whichletsyouperform
beveling via interactive manipulation.
If you click this button af ter performing a be vel,
thesamebevelisperformedonthecurrent
selection as a preview and the dialog opens with
thesamesettingsusedforthepreviousbevel.
Inset—Performs a bevel with no height; that is,
within the plane of the polygon selection. Click
this button, and then drag ver tically on any
polygon to inset it.
• When over a selected polygon, the mouse
cursor changes to an Inset cursor.
• With multiple polygons selected, dr agg ing on
any one insets all selected polygons equally.
• You can drag other polygons in turn to inset
them while the Inset button is active. Click
Inset again or right-click to end the operation.
Inset works on a selection of one or more polygons. As with
Outline, only the o uter edg es are affected.
Inset Settings—Opens the Inset Selected
Faces dialog (page 1–1075)
,whichletsyouinset
polygons via interactive manipulation.
If you click this button after performing a manual
inset, the same inset is performed on the cu rrent
selection as a preview and the dialog opens with
InsetAmountsettotheamountofthelastmanual
inset.
Bridge—Connects two polygons or polygon
selections on an object with a polygon “bridge.”
TherearetwowaystouseBridgeinDirect
Manipulation mo de (that is, without opening the
Bridge Settings dialog):
• Make two separate polygon selections on the
object, and then click Bridge. This creates the
bridge immediately using the current Bridge
settings, and then deac tivates the Bridge button.
• If no qualifying selection exists (that is, two
or more discrete polygon selec tions), clicking
Bridge activates the button and places you in
Bridge mode. First click a polygon and move
the mouse; a rubber-band line connects the
mouse cursor to the clicked polygon. Click a
second polygon to bridge the two. This creates
thebridgeimmediatelyusingthecurrentBridge
settings; the Bridge button remains active for
connecting more pairs of polygons. To exit
Bridge mode, right-click the active viewport or
click the Bridge button.