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Collapse Utility 949
2.
Select the object or objects that you want to
collapse.
3. Click the Collapse Selected button.
All modifiers are removed from the modifier
stack and the object becomes an editable mesh.
To collapse the sta ck of an object into an editabl e
surface other than mesh:
1.
On the Utilities panel, click the Collapse button.
2. OntheCollapserollout,setOutputTypeto
Modifier Stack Result.
3. Select the object or objects that you want to
collapse.
4. Apply a modifier that outputs the desired
ultimate surface type, such as
Tur n To Poly
(page 1–863)
or Turn To Patch (page 1–862) .
5. Click the Collapse Selected button.
All modifiers are removed from the modifier
stack and the object becomes an editable
surface of the typ e indicated by the modifier.
To subtract multiple objects fr om another object:
The Boolean compound object restricts you to
combining objects one at a t ime. With the Collapse
utility, you can perform Bo olean operat ions on
several objects simultaneously.
1. For the purposes of this procedure, we’ll call the
object to have shapes subtracted from
Main .
Create and arr ange
Main and the objects to
subtract from it. For example, you might have
several boxes penet rating a sphere (
Main )in
different places; subtracting them will produce
box-shaped cutouts in the sphere’s surface.
2. Select Main , and then select the objects to be
subtracted from it.
Thefirstobjectyouselectbeforecollapsingis
the one from which the others are subtrac ted.
3. On the Utilities panel, click the Collapse button.
4. OntheCollapserollout,setOutputTypeto
Mesh, if necessary.
5. IntheCollapseTogroup,chooseSingleObject.
6. Turn on Boolean, and then choose Subtraction.
7. Click the Collapse Selected button.
All objects you selected after
Main ,thefirst
object, are subtracted from
Main .
Interf ace
Selected Object group
Displaysthenameofthecurrentselection.Ifmore
than one object is selected, "[Number] Objects
Selected.” displays.
Collapse S elected—Collapses the selected objects.
The method of collapse depends on t he settings of
the options below this button.