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connect them with an edge. Repeat, or, to exit,
right-click in the viewport or click Create again.
Edges you create separate the polygons. For
example, by creating an edge inside a quadrilateral
polygon, yo u turn it into two triangles.
Collapse—Collapses selected borders by welding
their vertices to a vertex at the selection center.
In effect, this “covers,” or removes, the hole defined
by the border.
Attach—Lets you attach another object in the scene
to the selected Edit P oly object. Click the object
youwanttoattachtotheEditPolyobject.
You can attach any ty p e of geometry object,
including splines and patch objects. Attaching a
non-mesh object converts it to Edit Poly format.
For f ur ther details, see
Attach
.
Attach Li st—Lets you attach other objects in
thescenetotheselectedEditPolyobject.Click
to display the Attach List dialog, where you c an
choose, by name, multiple objects to attach.
Detach—Detaches the selected borders and all
attached polygons f rom the Edit Poly object,
creating a separate object or element. The default
settings are those most recently set in the Detach
dialog, available f rom the Detach Settings button
(see following).
Detached b orders leave a hole in the original
object when you move them to a new position,
unless you use the Detach As Clone option.
Detach S ettings—Opens the
Detach dialog
(page 1–670)
, where you can set options for the
Detach function, such as the name of the detached
object.
Cut a nd Slice group
Theseknife-liketoolsletyousubdividethepoly
mesh along a plane (Slice) or in a specific area
(Cut).
Note: In Animate mode, you begin a slice operation
by clicking Slice, not Slice Plane. You still need to
click Slice Plane to move the plane around. You
can animate the slice plane.
Slice Pla ne—Creates a gizmo for a slice plane that
you can position and rotate to specify w here to
slice. In Model mode, clicking Slice Plane enables
the Slice and Reset Plane buttons. In Animate
mode, Slice Plane is available only after clicking
Slice, and you can animate the slice plane.
As you transform the slice plane, you see a preview
of where the slice w ill occur in the mesh object. To
perform the slice, click the Slice button.
Split—When on, the Slice and Cut operations
create double sets of ver tices at the points where
the edges are divided. This lets you move one side
of the slice or cut away from the other side.
Slice—Performs the slice operation at the location
of the slice plane. In Model mode, Slice is available
only when Slice Plane is on. In Animate mode, you
beginasliceoperationbyclickingSlice,notSlice
Plane. You still need to click Slice Plane to move
the plane around.
This tool slices the poly just like the “Operate
On: Polygons” mode of the
Slice modifier (page
1–815)
.
Reset Plane—Returnsthesliceplanetoitsdefault
position and orientation. In Model mode,
available only w hen Slice Plane is on.