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Transform D eg rade—
Causes the loft skin
to disappear during sub-object shape/path
transformations. For example, moving a vertex
on the p ath causes the loft to disappear. When
off, you can see the skin during these Sub-Object
transformations. Default=off.
Display group
Sk in—When on, d isplays a loft’s skin in all v iews
using any shading level and ig nores the Skin In
Shaded setting. When off, displays only the loft
sub-objects. Default=on.
Sk in in Shaded—When on, displays a loft’s skin in
shaded v iews regardless of the Skin sett ing. When
off, skin display is controlled by the Skin sett ing.
Default=on.
TheloftobjectnowretainstheSkinandSkinIn
Shaded settings from one loft object to the next
one created.
Deformations
Select a Loft object. > Mod ify panel > Deformations
rollout
Deformation controls let you scale, tw ist, teeter,
bevel or fit shapes along the p ath. The interface
for all deformations is a graph. Lines with control
points on the graph represent the deform ations
along the path. Control points on the graphs can
bemovedoranimatedformodelingpurposesor
for var ious special effects.
Manually creating and placing shapes along the
path to produce these models would be a difficult
task. Lofts solve t his problem through the use
of deformation curves. The deformation curves
define changes in sca le, twisting, teetering, and
beveling along the path.
Yougainaccesstoloftdeformationcurves
throughtheModifypanel’sDeformationsrollout.
DeformationsarenotavailableintheCreatepanel.
You must open the Modify panel after you’ve lofted
to access the Deformations rollout, which offers
the following features:
• Each deformation button displays its own
deformation dialog.
• You can display any or all of the deformation
dialogs simultaneously.
• The button to the right of each deformation
buttonisatoggletoenableordisablethe
deformation’s effect.
Procedures
To apply def orma tions to a loft :
1.
Select a loft object.
2. Go to the Modify panel and choose Loft f rom
the modifier stack display if it’s not already
displayed.
3. Expand the Deformations rollout.
4. Click the deformation that you want to use.
The window for the selected deformation
appears.
To toggle t he defor mat ion ef fect:
• Click Enable/Disable to the right of the
deformation buttons.
Interf ace
Deform Scale (page 1–359)