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CHAPTER 1
CHAPTER 2
CHAPTER 3
CHAPTER 4
CHAPTER 5
CHAPTER 6
CHAPTER 7
CHAPTER 8
CHAPTER 9
CHAPTER 10
CHAPTER 11
CHAPTER 12
CHAPTER 13
CHAPTER 14
APPENDICES
INDEX
Technically this prim is
still 1 centimeter in size, but
by using Path Cut and Dimple
we got the actual size to half
a centimeter for any given
side. Figure 3.13 should
give you a feel for how much
smaller things can get from
the 0.01m minimum.
■ BUILDING AN EVEN TINIER BOX
Hollow, when combined with cuts and dimples, can also be used to overcome the 0.010-meter
minimum prim size limit. Let’s try it.
1. Rez a sphere.
2. Set Hollow to 95 and set Dimple to B = 0.53 and E = 0.55.
3. Set the Path Cut to B = 0.620 and E = 0.640.
4. Shrink the whole prim using the size handles until it’s a teeny-weenie prim.
The prim is now a
fraction of the size of the
1-centimeter box (Figure
3.14)! To make slight
adjustments on the shape of
the prim to get something
closer to a cube, you may
want to reduce the hollow or
the dimple.
Figure 3.13: Three boxes of size 0.5m, 0.010m, and 0.005m
Figure 3.14: Even compared to the 0.005m prim (the third one
from the left), the micro prim is barely a speck!
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