30).
The Extend tools ???grow??? your selection in different
ways. The Extrude and Bevel tools, for example, provide
different ways of ???stretching??? polygons into 3D
shapes. The category also includes more complex
tools, such as Rail Bevel (located in the More dropdown),
which enable you to build a bevel from a
curve placed in a background layer. When we discussed
layers earlier, we mentioned that foreground
and background layers are used for modeling as well
as reference. Rail Bevel takes advantage of this.
Some tools throughout LightWave v9, especially
these within the Multiply tab, are not available
until there is geometry in a specific layer.
Figure 1.29 The Multiply tab
contains some complex tools that
enable you to build up your object
in a variety of ways.
Figure 1.30
The Extend
category of
tools within the
Multiply menu
tab offers tools
to add to your
objects or selections,
such as
bevel tools.
Duplicate
You might think that Duplicate tools (Figure
1.31) would be under the Modify tab, but think
again! Creating a new object by mirroring,
cloning, or otherwise copying another one is a
form of multiplication.
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