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Connect Compound Object 325
Inter face
Pick Operand rollo ut
Pick Operand—Click this button to connect an
additional operand to the original object.
For example, you might begin with a sing le object
w ith two holes, and arrange two additional objects,
each with one hole, outside of those holes. Click
the Pick Operand button and select one of the
objects, which is connected, and then click Pick
Operand again and select the other object, w h ich
is connected. Both connected objects are added to
the Operands list.
Ref erence/Copy/Move/Ins tance—Lets you specify
how the operand is transferred to the compound
object. It can be transferred either as a
reference
(page 3–1096)
,acopy,an instance (page 3–1051) ,
or moved, in w hich case the original is not left
behind.
Note: Connect works only with objects that are
capable of being converted into editable surfaces,
such as
editable meshes (page 1–984) .
Parameters rollout
Operands group
Operands list—Displays the current operands.
Select an operand to rename, delete or extract by
clicking it in this list.
Name—Renames a selected operand. Type in a
new name, and then press TAB or ENTER.
Delete Oper and—Deletes a selected operand from
the list.
Ex tract Operand—Extracts a copy or an instance of
theselectedoperand.Chooseanoperandinthe
list to enable this button.
Note: This button is available only in the Modify
panel. You can’t extract an operand while in the
Create panel.
Instance/Copy—Lets you specify how the operand
is extracted: as either an
instance (page 3–1051)
or a copy.