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Hinge Polygons From Edge Dialog 1075
Cance l—
Closes the dialog without applying the
settings to the current selection. Does not reverse
previous uses of Apply.
Hinge Poly gons From E dge Di al og
Select an Edit Poly or editable poly object. > M o dify
panel > Polygon sub-objec t level > Edit Polygons rollout
> Hinge From Edge Settings button
Select an Edit Poly or editable poly objec t. > Polygon
sub-object level > Quad menu > tools 2 quadrant > Hinge
From Edge Settings button
Use these settings for hinging polygons in
Interactive Manipulation mode.
Inter face
Angle—Quantifiestherotationaboutthehinge.
You can hinge selected polygons outward or
inward, dep ending on whether the value is posit ive
or negative.
Segments—Specifies the number of polygons into
which each extruded side is subdivided. This
setting also applies to manually hinged polygons.
Current Hinge—Click Pick Hinge, and then click an
edge to be the hinge. Af ter you designate a hinge,
the “Pick Hinge” button text is replaced with “Edge
#”where#istheIDnumberofthehingeedge.
All subsequent hinge operations created v ia the
dialog will use this hinge. To hinge multiple
polygons, each from one of its own sides, you must
reselect the hinge each time.
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.
In set Pol ygons Di alog
Select an Edit Poly or editable poly object. > Modify panel
> Polygon sub-object level > Edit Polygons rollou t > Inset
Settings button
Select an Edit Poly or editable poly object. > Polygon
sub-object level > Qu ad menu > tools 2 quadrant > Inset
Settings button
Use these settings for insetting polygons in
Interactive Manipulation mode.
Interf ace
Inset Type group
This setting affects how Inset works with select ions
of more than one polygon.
Group—The inset takes place across mult iple,
contiguous polygons.
By Polygon—Insets each polygon individually.