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Figure 1.48

The Save Custom UI

Scheme dialog box

When you choose to save the first format in the Save Custom UI Scheme dialog (Interface

Scheme format), you are saving a composite file that contains all the customization present in

all the other formats combined. It is this Interface Scheme format (*.ui) that is displayed in the

UI Schemes portion of the new Custom UI and Defaults Switcher.

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Dock and float toolbars. The VIZ user interface has several customizable features, including

the ability to hide or expose and dock or float the program’s toolbars.

Master It Detach the command panel from the right side of the VIZ window and release

it so that it floats in the middle of the VIZ window. Select the command panel again and

attach it to the left side. Expose a hidden toolbar and dock it to the left of the command panel.

Copy objects and use the transform tools. The transform tools (Move, Rotate, and Scale)

are the most commonly used tools in VIZ. With them, you can position, orient, and scale your

objects as required in the scene. You can quickly create a copy in VIZ, a process called cloning,

by holding down the Shift key while using any of the transform tools.

Master It Make a box that is 3´ long, 10˝ wide and 8˝ high. Make five instance clones of

the box and rotate each clone 20 degrees more than the previous clone. Stack the boxes like

a spiral staircase, with the greatest amount of swing with each stair and leaving no vertical

or horizontal gaps in the stairs.

Create a named selection set. Whenever any objects are selected in VIZ, the selected objects

are referred to as a selection set. Often, you may need to repeatedly select the same objects for

different operations. By creating named selection sets, you can quickly select objects by selecting

the selections set name from a drop-down list.

Master It Continuing from the previous Master It exercise, rename the boxes to Step1,

Step2, Step3, and so on, starting with the top step. Make and test two named selection sets,

one containing the lower three steps and another containing the even numbered steps.

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