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Cr e ate Se am—Creates a seam between two
segments. Select two segments of the panels you
would like to sew together and then click Create
Seam. This creates a seam between the two panels
that will be sewn together at simulation time.
Left: Segments selected
Right: Seam created between the two segments
Delete S eam—Deletes selected seam. (Selected
seam is colored red).
Reverse Seam—Reverses or flips a seam that has
been made with a twist in it. When creating seams,
the first vertex on each segment is used to line
up the resulting seam panel. S ometimes you can
end up with a twisted seam and w i ll need to use
Reverse Seam to untwist it.
A twisted seam that needs to be reversed
Mak e MultiSegment—AMultiSegmentisa
combination of two or more segments that will be
treated as one segment for the pur pose of creating
seams. Selec t the segments you want to combine
then click this button. Note that if the segments are
not contiguous, the gaps must be bridged by seams
beforethisMultiSegmentcanbeusedinaseam.
Br eak M ultiSegment—Break apart selected
MultiSegments.
On—Turns the selected seam on or off, making it
active or inactive.
Crease a ngle—Creates a crease at the selected seam.
Theanglevaluedeterminesthetargetangleofthe
crease between the two panels or a long an
internal
seam line (page 1–590)
.
Left: H igh crease a ngle
Right: Low crease angle
Cr e ase S tr e n g t h —Specifies the streng th of the
selected seam. This value affects the extent to
which the seam resists b ending in relation to the
rest of the cloth object. A value of 2.0 means that