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222 Chapter 5: Creating Geometry
Inter face
Keyboard Entry rollout
X—Sets the coordinate posit ion along the X axis
for the start point of a wall segment in the active
construction plane.
Y—Sets the coordinate position along the Y axis
for the start point of a wall segment in the active
construction plane.
Z—Sets the coordinate position along the Z axis
for the start point of a wall segment in the active
construction plane.
Add Point—Adds the point from the X, Y, and Z
coordinate values you enter.
Clo se—Ends creation of the wa l l object and creates
a segment between the end point of the last
segmentandthestartpointofthefirstsegment,to
make a closed wall.
Fin is h —Ends creation of the wall object, leaving
it open ended.
Pick Spline—Lets you use a spline as the wall path.
Clickthis,andthenclickasplineintheviewport
touseasthewallpath. 3dsMaxusesthespline
asthepathalongwhichtoapplythewallobject.
3ds Max doesn’t im mediately recognize 2D Shapes
from a linked AutoCAD drawing. To recognize
Shapes from a linked AutoCAD drawing, edit the
Shape with
Edit Spline (page 1–671) from the
Modify panel.
Note: If you designate a curved spline as the
path, 3ds Max creates straight wall seg m ents that
approximate the spline as closely as possible, with
onewallsegmentpersplinesegment.
Parameters rollout
Thedefaultsproduceawallobject5unitswide,96
units high, and justified at the center of the wa ll.
Width—Sets the thickness of the wa ll. Range=0.01
unit to 100,000 units. Default=5.
Height—Sets the height of the wa ll. Range=0.01
unit to 100,000 units. Default=96.
Justification group
Lef t —Justifiesthewallattheleftedgeofitsbaseline
(the line between the wall’s front and back sides,
which is equal to the wall thickness). If you turn
Grid Snap on, the left edge of the wall’s baseline
snaps to the grid line.
Center—Justifies the wall at the center of its
baseline. If you turn Grid Snap on, the center of
thewall’sbaselinesnapstothegridline.Thisis
the default.