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940 Chapter 8: Modifiers

Auto Fit—

When on, automatically adjusts the

gizmosizeandshapetofittheobjectasyou

change the underlying topology (for example,

transforming vert ices).

Soft S ele ction rollout

These controls, available only at the Vertex stack

selection level, let you set a g r adual falloff of

influence b etween selected and unselected vertices.

See

Soft Selection Rollout (Edit/Editable Mesh)

(page 1–945)

Note: Soft Selection does not apply to materials or

smoothing groups. However, if there was already a

weighted selection passed up the stack, a Volume

Select set to Material or Smoothing Group mode

and

not

set to Replace wil l preserve the selection.

Wa ve Modifie r

Modify panel > Make a selection. > Modifier List >

Object-Space Modifiers > Wave

Make a selection. > Modifiers menu > Parametric

Deformers > Wave

The Wave modifier produces a wave effect in an

object’s geometry. You can use either of two waves,

or combine them . Wave uses a s tandard gizmo

and center, which you can transform to increase

thepossiblewaveeffects.

The

Wave (page 2–96)

space warp has similar

features, a nd is useful for applying effects to a large

number of objects.

An object with the Wave modifier applied. Amplitude 1 and

2 can be changed, creating different profiles.