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become disconnected, and each has its own end
vertex at the pos ition of the previously s h ared
vertex.
Refine—A dds a vertex to the position along a wall
segmentthatyouclick.Whenyoumovethecursor
over a valid Refine point, the mouse icon changes
to a Refine icon.
Insert—Inserts one or more vertices, creating
additional segments. When you move the cursor
overtheavalidInsertpoint,themouseicon
changes to an Insert icon. Right-click to stop
inserting new vertices and segments.
Delete—Deletes the currently selected vertex or
vertices, including any segments in between.
Deleting vert ices shared by two or more segments
doesn’tcreateagap,butratherresultsinasingle
segment connecting vertices adjacent to those
being deleted.
Edit Segment rollout
This rollout appears when you select a wall object
and then access Segment sub-object level.
Each wall segment is defined by, and effectively
connects, two wall vertices. Moving a segment is
the same as moving its two vertices i n tandem. It
has the effect of scaling adjacent wal l segments as
well as rotat ing them about their other vertices.
You can scale a wall seg ment horizontally only
(any Scale function does this). You cannot rotate
asegment.
Break—Specifies a break point in a wall segment.
Youneedn’tselectasegmentfirst.Whenyoumove
the cursor over the object, the mouse icon changes
to a Break icon. The position you select on the
segment becomes two coincident vertices, and
3ds Max breaks the segment in two.
Detach—Detaches wal l segments you select and
creates a new wall object out of them.
Same Shape—Detaches the wal l segment keeping
itpartofthesamewallobject. Ifyoualsoturn
on Copy, 3ds Max places a detached copy of the
segment in the same location.
Reorient—Detaches the wall segment, copies the
object’s
Local coordinate system (page 3–1057) ,
and places the segment so that its object Loca l
coordinate system is coincident with the
Wor l d
space origin (page 3–1129)
. If you also turn on
Copy, 3ds Max detaches a copy of the seg ment and
leaves the original segments in place.
Co py—Copies the detached wall seg ment rather
than moving it.