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622 Chapter 8: Modifiers

Function Animatable?

Select by Material ID No

Set S moothing Group Yes

Select by Smoothing Group No

Auto Smooth Proc

Edit Poly Wor kf low

Edit Poly differs from other Edit modifiers in

3ds Max in that it provides two different modes,

available on the Edit Poly Mode rollout: one

for m odeling, and the other for animating. By

default, Edit Poly operates in Model mode, w hose

functionalityismostlythesameasthatofEditable

Poly. Alternatively, you can work in Animate

mode, where only functions you can animate are

available.

Each Edit Poly modifier can preserve any number

of keyframes animating a single operation type,

such as transforming faces, on the same sub-object

selection. To animate other par ts of the object,

or to animate a different operation on the same

sub-object selection, just use another Edit Poly

modifier.

Sub-object-specific functions in the Edit Poly

user interface can be found in their own rollouts,

leaving the Edit Geometry rollout with functions

thatcanbeusedatmostsub-objectlevels,aswell

as at the object level.

Also, many commands are accomp anied by a

Settings button, which gives you two ways of using

the command:

• In Direct Manipulation mode, activated by

clicking the command button, you apply the

command by m anipulating sub-objects directly

in the viewp ort. An example of this is Extrude.

Note: Some buttons, such as Tessellate, operate

on the mesh i mmediately, with no viewport

manipulation required.

• Interactive Manipulation mode is well

suited to experimentation. You activate this

mode by clicking the command’s Settings

button. This opens a non-modal settings dialog

and places you in preview mo de, where you can

set parameters and see results immediately in

the viewport. You can then accept the results by

clicking OK, or reject them by clicking Cancel.

You can also use this mode to apply the same or

different sett ings to several different sub-object

selections in a row. Make the select ion,

optionally change the settings, click Apply, and

then repeat with a different selec tion.

Impor tant: When you click Apply, the settings are

“baked into” t he selec tion, and then applied again

to the selection as a preview. If you then click OK to

exit, you will have applied the settings twice. I f your

intention is to apply them only once, simply click OK

the first time, or click Apply, and th en Cancel.