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Taper Modifier 853
when the mirror gi z mo is outside the boundaries
of the originating mesh.
Taper Modifier
Modify panel > Make a selection. > Modifier List >
Object-Space Modifiers > Taper
Make a selection. > Modifiers menu > Parametric
Deformers > Taper
The Taper modifier produces a tapered contour
by scaling both ends of an object’s geometry; one
endisscaledup,andtheotherisscaleddown.You
can control the amount and curve of the taper on
twosetsofaxes.Youcanalsolimitthetapertoa
sect ion of the geometry.
Examples of default tapers
Inter face
Modifier Stack
Gizmo—At this sub-object level, you can
transform and animate the gizmo like any other
object, altering the effect of the Taper modifier.
Translati ng the gizm o t ranslates its c enter an equal
distance. Rotating and scaling the gizmo takes
place with respect to its center.
Center—At this sub-object level, you c an translate
and animate the center, altering the Taper gizmo’s
shape, and thus the shape of the t apered object.
For more information on the stack display, see
Modifier Stack (page 3–802) .
Moving the modifier’s center changes the gizmo shape.
Parameters rollout
The Taper modifier provides two sets of axes and a
symmetry setting in the Taper Axis g roup box of
the Parameters rollout. As with other modifiers,
these axes refer to the Taper giz m o, not the objec t
itself.