This panel displays specific information about the points or polygons
you have selected; the panel does not work in Edges selection mode. You can color wireframes
with this panel, view surface names and groupings, and more.
Figure 1.72 The Info panel, accessible from the bottom of the Modeler interface, shows you
information about point and polygon selections (but not edges).
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Surface
Another important button in Modeler is the Surface button located at the bottom of the
interface. Be sure not to confuse this with the Surface Editor. Clicking the Surface button
opens the Change Surface requester panel, which lets you define any polygon selection as
a distinct surface within your model and assign it a name and a basic color.You??™ll do most
of your surfacing and texturing in Layout, but you use this panel to tell LightWave that the
eyeballs on your character are white, that the polygons that make up the fingernails are
green, and so on. If you don??™t use this panel, your object will have only one surface to
which colors and textures can be applied. Figure 1.
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