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840 Chapter 8: Modifiers
Thelinetakesontheshapeofanangled
extrusion.
3. Click the Use Custom Section radio button.
The line displays as a line again.
4. Click the Pick button in the Custom Section
Types group and choose the NGon in the
viewport.
Thehexagonalshapeissweptalongtheline’s
length.
Note: If you find that you need to rescale
the Custom Sec tion shape, the effects of
using a transform like Select and Squash or
Non-Uniform Scale w ill not be reflected when
swept. You need to apply an
XForm modifier
(page 1–942)
to the sec tion and then rescale the
XFor m modifier’s gizmo.
Inter face
Section Type rollout
Use B uilt-In Section—Choosethistouseoneofthe
included stock sections.
Built-In Section group
Built-In S ection list—Clicking the a rrow button for
this list displays common str uctural sections.
• Angle section—Sweeps a
structural angle section along the spline.
Default sect ion=Angle.
•
Bar section—Sweeps a 2D
rectangular section along the spline.
•
Channel se cti o n —Sweeps a
structural channel section along the spline.
•
Cylinder section—Sweeps a
solid 2D circle section along the spline.
•
Half R ound section—This
section produces a half round extrusion along
the spline.
•
Pipe section—Sweeps a
circular hollow tube section along the spline.
•
Quar ter R ound section—Useful
for molding details; this section produces a
quarter round extrusion along the spline.
•
Tee section—Sweeps a
structural tee section along the spline.
•
Tub e s e cti o n —Based on a
square,thissweepsahollowtubesectionalong
the spline. Similar to the Pipe section.