The Duplicate tools
create variant copies of selections or objects,
but these copies are not attached to your original
object or selection, the way points and
polygons created with the Extend tools are.
Subdivide
Ah, the Subdivide category. It??™s a deep, dark
secret set of tools that can enhance your object
or selection in a variety of ways. The Subdivide
tools (Figure 1.32) perform very cool operations
to slice up your object or selection, add to
it, or split it up in some way. Let??™s say you built
a cool character and soon realize that you can??™t
bend the character??™s leg because it??™s just one
long ???solid??? object. To make the leg bend at the
knee, you would use the Knife tool in this category
to slice the leg and add a segment so it
can bend. Another cool set of Subdivide tools
is the QuickCut tools in the category??™s More
drop-down. These enable you to quickly slice
up an object evenly, which helps you create
additional detail for animation.
ConstructTab
When you have geometry that needs to be
changed in terms of structure, you??™ll work with
the Construct tab. Its tools handle tasks such as
Boolean operations (which you??™ll perform later
in the book) and reducing or converting various
types of geometry.
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