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Contents

Altering object parameters .......................................................................................145
Recovering from mistakes and deleting objects ........................................................145
Tutorial: Exploring the Platonic solids .....................................................................146
Exploring the Primitive Object Types ................................................................................147
Starting with the Standard Primitives ......................................................................147
Extended Primitives ................................................................................................152
Modifying object parameters ...................................................................................160
Tutorial: Filling a treasure chest with gems .............................................................161
Using Architecture Primitives ............................................................................................162
Using AEC Objects ..................................................................................................162
Tutorial: Adding stairs to a clock tower building .....................................................165
Summary ..........................................................................................................................166
Chapter 6: Selecting Objects and Setting Object Properties . . . . . . . . . 167
Selecting Objects ...............................................................................................................167
Selection filters ........................................................................................................168
Select buttons ..........................................................................................................169
Selecting with the Edit menu ...................................................................................170
Selecting multiple objects ........................................................................................173
Using the Paint Selection Region tool ......................................................................174
Tutorial: Selecting objects .......................................................................................175
Locking selection sets ..............................................................................................175
Using named selection sets ......................................................................................176
Editing named selections .........................................................................................176
Isolating the current selection..................................................................................177
Selecting objects in other interfaces .........................................................................178
Setting Object Properties ...................................................................................................179
Viewing object information .....................................................................................180
Setting display properties ........................................................................................180
Setting rendering controls .......................................................................................182
Enabling Motion Blur ..............................................................................................183
Using the Advanced Lighting and mental ray panels ...............................................184
Using the User-Defined panel ..................................................................................184
Hiding and Freezing Objects .............................................................................................184
Using the Display Floater dialog box .......................................................................185
Using the Display panel ...........................................................................................185
Tutorial: Hidden toothbrushes ................................................................................187
Using Layers .....................................................................................................................188
Using the Layer Manager .........................................................................................188
Using the layer list ...................................................................................................191
Tutorial: Dividing a scene into layers .......................................................................191
Using the Scene Explorer ..................................................................................................192
Selecting and filtering objects ..................................................................................192
Finding objects........................................................................................................194
Editing in the Scene Explorer ..................................................................................195
Summary ..........................................................................................................................196

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