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Editing Surface CV Sub-Objects 1133
1.
Tur n on t he Ke y bo a rd Sh or tcut
Override Toggle.
2. Click or drag to select CVs.
3. Hold down CTRL and use the arrow keys to
move among the CV sub- objec t s.
For CVs on surfaces, the lef t and rig ht ar row
keys tr averse the U dimension of a surface,
while the up and down arrow keys traverse the
V d imension of the sur face. T he arrow keys
don’t move between surface sub-objects.
You can also use the H keyboard shortcut (while
the Keyboard Shortcut Override Toggle button is
on)todisplayadialogandselectCVsbyname.
CTRL+H displays only the names of CVs directly
beneath the mouse cursor.
To remove CVs from a sur face:
1.
Select a row , column, or a row and column.
TheappropriateDeletebuttonsareenabled.
2. IntheDeletegroupbox,clickRow,Col.,or
Both.
The row, the column, or both are deleted.
You can’t delete a single CV from a CV surface.
Norcanyoudeletearoworcolumnifthat
wouldmakethesurfacehavefewerthanfour
rows or columns.
To add CVs to a CV Surface:
1.
IntheRefinegroupbox,clickRow,Col.,or
Both.
2. Click the surface.
Arow,acolumn,orbothareaddedclose
tothepointwhereyouclickedthesurface.
Neighboring CVs move away from the new
CVs in order to preserve the surface’s original
cur vature.
To fuse two CVs:
1.
Tur n on Fu se .
2. Click a CV without releasing the mouse button.
Drag to another CV, and then release the mouse
button.
ThefirstCVyouchooseacquirestheposition
of the second CV, and becomes dependent to it.
If the first CV has an animation controller, the
controller is discarded. If the second CV has
an animation controller, the first CV acquires
it too.
Fused CVs display in purple by default.
To unfuse fused CVs
1.
Select the f used CV.
2. Click Unfuse.
Now you can move and edit the two CVs
independently.
To tr ansfor m a regi on:
1.
Using sub-object selection, select one or more
CVs for the center of transformation.
2. Turn on Soft Selection.
3. Transfor m the C V.
A region around the selected CV is transformed
accordingly.
Move is the most common transform to use.
Rotate and Scale can be used w ith a non-local
transform center.
Tip: If Soft Selection appears not to be working,
the Falloff value might b e too small for the size
of your surface. On the
Soft Selection (page
1–1148)
rollout, increase the value of Falloff so it
encompasses other CVs.