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Path Commands 367
deformationtypeandthecurvedisplaysetting.
The curves are color-coded by axis.
A red curve displays deformation along the shape’s
local X axis. A green curve displays deformation
alongtheshape’slocalYaxis.
Control Point f ields—At the bottom of the
Deformation dialog are two edit fields. When a
single control point is selected these fields display
the path location and deformation amount of the
control point.
Control Point Posit ion—The left field displays the
location of the control point on the loft path as a
percentage of the total path length.
Control Point A mount—The right field displays the
deformation value of the control point.
Deformation Dialog status bar
The Deformation dialogs have their own view
navigation buttons in the lower-right corner .
Thesegiveyoucontrolsforzoomingandpanning
the view of the deformation grid as you edit
the curve values. The status bar also displays
information about the current tool and the selected
control point.
Numeric fields—These two fields are accessible only
if a single control point is selected. The first gives
the point’s horizontal position, and the second
gives its vertical position, or value. You can edit
these fields with the keyboard.
Lock As p ect—This button is present only in t he
Fit Deformation dialog. When active, it restricts
zooming to vertical and horizontal at the same
time.
Zoom E x tents—Changes the view magnification so
theentiredeformationcurveisvisible.
Zoom Hor i zont al E x tent s—Changes the view
magnification along the path length so the entire
path area is v isible in the dialog.
Zoom V e rt i cal Exte n ts —Changes the view
magnification along the deformation values so the
entire deformation curve is displayed in the dialog.
Zoom Horizontally—Changes magnification along
the path length.
• Dragtotherighttoincreasemagnification.
• Drag to the left to decrease mag nification.
Zoom Ver tically—Changes magnification along the
deformation value.
• Drag upward to increase magnification.
• Drag downward to decrease mag nification.
Zoom—Changes magnification along both the
path length and the deformation value, preserv ing
the cur ve aspect ratio.
• Drag upward to increase magnification.
• Drag downward to decrease mag nification.
Zoom Re g io n —Dragaregiononthedeformation
grid. The region is then magnified to fill the
deformation dialog.
Pan —Drag in the view to move in any direction.
Scroll bars—Drag the horizontal and vertical scroll
bars to pan the view in a single direction.
Pa th Comma nds
Selec t a Loft object. > Modify p anel > Modifier stack
display > Su b-objec t level > Path > Path Commands
ThePathCommandsrolloutappearsonlywhen
you are modifying an existing loft object and have
selected Path from the Sub-Object list. The Put
command allows you to make a copy or instance
of the loft path.