So again, Change Surface is not really about changing surfaces; it??™s about
creating them. However, if you assign a color in the Change Surface dialog box,
that color will be attached to the selected geometry and show up in Layout when
you render. You can, of course, change this value later in the Surface Editor.
3. After you??™ve entered the name ABN_Sides, turn off Make Default. Then click OK.
Leaving Make Default on would mean that any new geometry you created in
Modeler would be named ABN_Sides. It??™s good practice to have any nonsurfaced
geometry assigned the generic name, default, so you can easily spot polygon
regions that don??™t have assigned surfaces. Don??™t worry about setting a color just
yet. Click OK to close the panel.
You just applied a surface name to your entire object. If no specific geometry is
selected, actions you take in Modeler, including changing a surface, apply to your
entire object. So why did we use ???_Sides??? in a name applied to all surfaces of every
letter? Because it happens to be easier to select and rename the flat faces of the letters
than it is to select all their side surfaces separately.
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