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Editable Patch (Object) 957
Top: Original patch object with rendering
Bottom: R endering with another patch attached
Reorient—Reorients the attached object so that its
creat ion local coordinate system is a ligned with
the creation local coordinate system of the selected
patch object.
Unhide A ll—Restores any hidden sub-objects to
visibility.
Sur face group
View Steps—Controls the grid resolution of the
patch model surface as depicted in the viewports.
Range=0 to 100. Default=5.
Render Steps—Controls the gr id resolution of the
patch model surface when rendered. Range=0 to
100. Default=5.
Original mesh display of mode l (top) and with increased
steps (bottom)
Show Interior Edges—Enables the display of the
patch object’s interior edges in wireframe views.
When off, only the object’s outline is v isible. Turn
on to simplify the display for faster feedback.
UseTruePatchNormals—Determines how t he
software smoothes the edges between patches.
Default=off.
When the check b ox is off, the software computes
the surface normals from the smoothing groups
of the mesh object to which the patch object is
converted before rendering. These normals are not
accurate, especially with a low View/Render Steps
setting . When the check b ox is on, the software
computes true patch normals directly from the