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wholeNURBSmodelbeforeyoucanseethe

extrac ted object.

Inter face

Attach and Impor t controls

Attach—Lets you attach anot her object to the

NURBS object. Click to turn on Attach, and

then click the object to attach. If the object

you’re attaching isn’t already a NURBS object, it

is converted to one or more NURBS curves or

surfaces that are sub-objects of the object you’re

modifying.

Attach Multiple—Lets you attach multiple objects

to the NURBS surface. D isplays a version of the

Select by Name dia log, listing the objects that can

be attached. Use the dialog controls to select one

or more objects by n ame, and then click Attach.

Reorient—Movesandreorientstheobjectyou

are attaching or importing so its creation local

coordinate system is alig ned w ith the creation

local coordinate system of the NURBS object.

Impor t—Lets you import another object to the

NURBS object. Works the same way Attach does,

but t he imported object retains its parameters and

modifiers.

Impor t Multiple—Lets you import multiple objects.

Works the same way Attach Multiple do es, but

the imported objects retain their parameters a nd

modifiers.

Co mmon Sub-Obje ct Contro ls

Many controls are common to the various kinds of

sub-object s in NURBS models (with the exception

Imports (page 1–1121)

). This topic introduces

thecontrolsthatarecommontomostNURBS

sub-objects.