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Overview |
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The
Visibility Mode submenu provides a set of tools for cleaning up duplicate
and back facing faces. This is useful especially for imported models
where the incoming data isn't perfect. Here is how to use
Visibility Mode settings :
1) Select two or more intersecting surfaces that you wish to fillet.
2) Choose the fillet parameters and options
3) Pick additional cutters.
4) Pick stock objects (stock objects will be cut up by the cutters).
5) Define the parts of the originals you wish to keep (Stock Outside Cutters, Stock Inside Cutters, Cutters Outside Stock).
6) You can then extract to an Editable Mesh and use the Explode option with 360 degrees to get separate objects to manipulate or animate.
Backface Cull: This option is useful for showing /
hiding faces that point the wrong direction. Turn this option off if
you want to see (in black) the faces that are pointing away from
you. When the option is on, those back facing faces will be hidden.
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Face
Duplication |
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These options are used to
easily select duplicate faces (usually for removal). Most rendering
engines have difficulty rendering quality images if there are duplicate
faces. Select
Duplicates: Click on this button to select the duplicate
faces in your object
Edge Match %: This option tells the Select Duplicates how
closely the faces have to match. 100% means that the faces have to
be exactly the same. A smaller value means that it will select
partially duplicate (or overlapping faces). We suggest starting at
100% and decreasing the value little by little until you have removed all
of the duplicates. |
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Adjacency Expansion |
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This tool will drape an offset
surface around the selected surface. This is useful for applying UVW
maps, as the maps can be applied to the draped surface (which can match
the original surface precisely). Flip
Faces Mode: If you are in "Flip Faces Mode", when you
make selections, the selected faces will be flipped. If you are in
the "Select Mode", the faces just get selected. Flip Faces
Mode is sort of an immediate modification mode in that respect. As
you click on faces, they are immediately flipped.
Expand Rings: This value determines how far outward each
selection expansion will go. For example, a setting of 3 means that
when you select a face, it will also select the 3 closest faces around
it. Selecting the same face again will add another 3 faces to the
selection. It will keep working outward in a ring until all of the
faces are selected (or flipped if you are in "Flip Faces Mode").
Select Mode: Using Select Mode, when you click on a face, it
will be selected. If you want to flip the selected face(s), you will
then need to click on the "Flip Sel" button.
Hide Mode: While in Hide Mode, each selected face will be
hidden. |
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Flipping Options |
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Choose the trimming type from
the drop down list. The trimming type determines how the surface
fillet will be trimmed or extended at the ends of the fillets.
Choose between the following options. Apply:
Auto Orient: Uses the surrounding faces to determine the
orientation. It will flip the ones that point in the opposite
direction from the rest of the faces. It essentially normalizes the
faces so that they all point in the same direction.
Hide Sel: Hides the selected faces. This option is
useful if you have a complex model and can't see to select the correct
face. Hide the ones that you don't need to work with.
Unhide All: Unhides all the faces that have been previously
hidden
Expand Oriented Sel:
Flip Sel: Flips the direction of the selected faces. |
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Viewport Visibility
Selection |
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These useful options provide
methods for selecting faces based on their visibility. Select
All: Selects all of the faces
Visible: Selects only visible faces
Hidden: Selects only hidden faces
Back Facing Faces: When this option is checked, it will
select only the back facing faces. This is a good way to filter your
selection. For example, if you are trying to flip the faces that
point in the wrong direction, you can use this option.
Front Facing Faces: When this option is checked, it will
select only the front facing faces. |
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