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Soft Selection Roll out (NURBS) 1149
With soft selection, transforming a single vertex can move
others.
The Soft Selection rollout for point and CV
sub-objectscontainsthecontrolsforthisfeature.
The Soft S elect ion check box is turned off by
default.
Before you b egin, you might need to increase the
number of CVs or points on the surface. This
allows smoother and more complex reshaping
effects.
A single point or CV works well for many
purposes. Moving a point or CV along a single
axis is the most useful for smoothly raising and
lowering surfaces. For multiple points or CVs, you
can also use Rotate or Scale.
Interf ace
Soft Selection—When on, point or CV transforms
affectaregionofthecurveorsurface.
Affect Neighbors—When on, the transform affects
points or CVs not only on this curve or surface
but within the entire Falloff region of the NURBS
object.
Same Type Only—(for point curves and sur faces
only) When on, the transform affects only
neighboring points of the same type; t hat is, either
curve points, surface points, or independent
points.
Soft Selection Curve—This curve display shows
how Soft Selection will work. You can experiment
w ith a curve setting, undo it, and try another
setting w ith the same selection.
Fa lloff—Distance in current units from the center
totheedgeofaspheredefiningtheregion.Use
higher falloff settings to achieve more gradual
slopes, depending on the scale of your geometry.
Default=20.