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Extrude Polygons Dialog 1073
Inter face
Pick Spline—Click this button and then select a
spline along which to extrude i n the viewport. The
spline object’s name then appears on the button.
Ifyouopenthisdialogafterperformingamanual
Extrude Along Spline, the na me of the spline you
used appears on the button.
Align to face normal—Aligns the extru sion with
the face normal, which, in most cases, makes it
perpendicu lar to t he extruded polygon(s). When
turned off (the default), the extrusion is oriented
thesameasthespline.
With Align To Face Normal, the extrusion does not follow the
original orientation of the spline (1); it’s reoriented to match
the face normals (2), or averaged normals for contiguous
selections. The R otation option is available only when Align
To Face Normal is on.
Rotation—Sets the rotation of the extr usion.
Available only w hen Align To Face Normal is on.
Default=0. Range=-360 to 360.
Segments—Specifies t he number of polygons
int o which each extruded side is subdivided.
This setting also applies to manually extruded
polygons.
Taper Amount—Sets the extent to w hich the
extrusionbecomessmallerorlargeralongits
length. Negative sett ings t aper the extrusion
smaller ; positive settings taper it larger.
Taper Curve—Sets the rate at which the t apering
proceeds. Lower settings result in a more g r adual
taper; large settings result in a more abrupt taper.
TaperCurveaffectsthethicknessoftheextrusion
between its endpoints, but not the size of the ends.
Twi st —Applies a twist along the length of the
extrusion.
Whenusingthisoption,increasingthenumber
of segments will improve the smo othness of the
extrusion.
Apply —Applies the sett ings to the current
selection, retaining them if you then make another
selection.
OK —Applies the settings to the current selection
and closes the dialog.
Cance l—Closes the dialog without applying the
settings to the current selection. Do es not reverse
previous uses of Apply.
Ex trude Polygons Dialog
Selec t an Edit Poly or edit ab le po ly object. > M odify
panel > Polygon sub-object level > Edit Polygons rollout
> Ex trude Settings button
Select an Edit Poly or editable poly object. > Polygon
sub-object level > Quad menu > tools 2 quadrant >
Extrude Settings b u tton
Use these settings for extruding polygons in
Interactive Manipulation mode.