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Creation Method Rollout 349
6.
Click a shape.
ThecursorchangestotheGetShapecursorasyou
move it over potential shapes. The selected shape
is placed at the first vertex of the path.
Tip: You can flip the shape along the path by
holding down CTRL when using Get Shape. For
example, if you select the lowercase letter "b" with
aCTRL+click,theloftwilllookliketheletter"d".
Inter face
You use the following rollouts for set ting loft object
parameters:
Creation Method Rollout (page 1–349)
Surface Parameters Rollout (page 1–349)
Path Par ameters Rollout (page 1–351)
Skin Parameters Rollout (p age 1–353)
Once you’ve created a loft object, you can also use
the Modify p anel’s Deformations rollout to add
complexity. See
Deformations (page 1–358) for
further information.
Creation Method Rollout
Select a path or shape. > Create panel > Geometry
> Compound Objects > Object Type rollout > Loft >
Creation M ethod rollout
Select a path or shape. > Create menu > Compounds >
Loft > Creation Method rollout
You can choose between a shape or a path for
creating the loft object using the Creation Method
rollout, as well as the type of action for the loft
object.
Inter face
On the Creation Method rollout, you determine
whether to use a shape or path for creating the loft
object,andthetypeofactionyouwantforthe
resulting loft object.
Get Path—Assigns a path to the selected shape or
changes the current assigned path.
Get Shape—Assigns a shape to the selected path or
changes the current assigned shape.
Tip: Hold down CTRL while getting the shape to
flip the direction of the shape’s Z axis.
Move/Copy/Instance—Lets you specify how the
path or shape is transferred to the loft object. It can
be moved, in which case no copy is left behind, or
transferred as a copy or an
instance (page 3–1051) .
Tip: UsetheInstanceoptionifyouexpecttoeditor
modify the path after the loft is created.
Surface Parameters R ollout
Select a path or shape. > Create panel > Geometry >
Compound Objects > Object Type rollout > Loft > Surface
Parameters rollout
Select a path or shape. > Create menu > Compounds >
Loft > Surface Parameters ro llout
On the Surface Parameters rollout, you control
smoothingofthesurfaceoftheloftaswellas
designateiftexturemappingisappliedalongthe
loft object.