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Expression Techniques ......................................... 141
Expression Techniques............................................ 141
Trigonometric Functions ........................................ 145
Vectors ..................................................................... 146
5 Creating Geometry..................................149
Creating Geometry.................................................. 149
Basics of Creating and Modifying Objects.......... 149
Basics of Creating and Modifying Objects ............. 149
Using the Create Panel............................................. 150
Identifying the Basic Building Blocks ..................... 151
Creating an Object .................................................. 152
Assigning Color s to Objects................................. 154
Assigning Colors to Objects.................................... 154
Object Color Dialog ................................................ 155
Color Selector D ialog .............................................. 157
Color Clipboard Utility........................................... 159
Adjusting Normals and Smoothing .................... 160
Adjusting Normals and Smoothing ........................ 160
Viewing and Chang ing Normals............................. 161
Viewing and Chang ing Smoothing......................... 162
Creating Geometric Primitives............................ 163
Geometric Primitives .............................................. 163
Creating Primitives from the Keyboard.................. 164
Standard Primitives .............................................. 165
Standard Primitives................................................. 165
Box Primitive........................................................... 166
Cone Primitive ........................................................ 167
Sphere Primitive ...................................................... 169
GeoSphere Primitive ............................................... 171
Cylinder Primitive................................................... 172
Tube Primitive ................................. ........................ 174
Torus Primitive....................................... ................. 175
Pyramid Pr imitive................. .................................. 177
Teapot Primitive ...................................................... 178
Plane Primitive ........................................................ 180
Extended Primitives ............................................. 181
Extended Primitives ................................................ 181
Hedra Extended Primitive ...................................... 182
Torus Knot E xtended Primitive .............................. 184
ChamferBox Extended Primitive............................ 186
ChamferCyl Extended Primitive............................. 187
OilTank Extended Primit ive ................................... 189
Capsule Extended Primitive.................................... 190
Spindle Extended Primitive .................................... 191
L-Ext Extended Primitive.................... .................... 193
Gengon E x tended Primitive.................................... 194
C-Ext Extended Primitive....................................... 195
RingWave Extended Primitive ................................ 197
Prism Extended Primitive....................................... 200
Hose Extended Prim itive ........................................ 201
Creating Architectural Objects ............................ 205
AEC Ex tended Objects.......................................... 205
AEC Extended Objects............................................ 205
Working with AEC Design Elements................ ...... 205
Foliage................................................................ ...... 209
Railing ..................................................................... 212
Wall.............. .................... .................... .................... 218
Editing Wall Objects................................................ 223
Stairs...................................................................... 226
Stairs ........................................................................ 226
L-Type Stair ..... .................... .................... ................ 227
Spiral Stair ............................................................... 230
Straight Stair.............................. .............................. 234
U-Type Stair .................................................. .......... 238
Doors ..................................................................... 241
Doors....................................................................... 241
Pivot Door ............................................................... 246
Sliding Door ............................................................ 246
BiFold Door.......................................................... ... 247
Windows ................................................................ 248
Windows.................................................................. 248
Awning Window................................................ ...... 251
Casement Window.................................................. 252
Fixed Window ......................................................... 253
Pivoted Window........ .............................................. 254
Projected Window.................. ................................. 255
Sliding Window......... .............................................. 256
Creating Shapes.................................................... 257
Shapes ..................................................................... 257
Shape Check Utility................................................. 260
Splines................................................................... 261
Splines and Extended Splines..................... ............. 261
Line Spline............................................................... 265
Rectang le Spline ......................................... ............. 267
Circle Spline................................... .......................... 268
Ellipse Spline ........................................................... 269
Arc Spline ................................................................ 269
Donut Spline............................................................ 271
NGon Spline............................................................ 272
Star Spline. ............................................................... 272
Text Spline ............................................................... 273
Helix Spline ............................................................. 276
Section Spline .......................................................... 277
Extended Splines .................................................. 279
WRectangle Spline .................... .............................. 279
Channel Spline .................... .................................... 280
Angle Spline............................................................. 281