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Contents

Understanding Cloning Options .......................................................................................230
Working with copies, instances, and references .......................................................230
Tutorial: Creating instanced doughnuts ..................................................................231
Tutorial: Working with referenced apples ...............................................................231
Mirroring Objects .............................................................................................................233
Using the Mirror command .....................................................................................233
Tutorial: Mirroring a robot’s leg ..............................................................................234
Cloning over Time ............................................................................................................235
Using the Snapshot command .................................................................................235
Tutorial: Creating a path through a maze ................................................................236
Spacing Cloned Objects ....................................................................................................237
Using the Spacing tool.............................................................................................237
Tutorial: Stacking a row of dominoes ......................................................................238
Using the Clone and Align Tool ........................................................................................240
Aligning source objects to destination objects .........................................................240
Tutorial: Cloning and aligning trees on a beach .......................................................241
Creating Arrays of Objects ................................................................................................242
Linear arrays ...........................................................................................................242
Tutorial: Building a white picket fence ....................................................................243
Circular arrays .........................................................................................................243
Tutorial: Building a Ferris wheel .............................................................................244
Working with a ring array .......................................................................................246
Tutorial: Using Ring Array to create a carousel ........................................................246
Summary ..........................................................................................................................247
Chapter 9: Grouping, Linking, and Parenting Objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249
Working with Groups .......................................................................................................249
Creating groups .......................................................................................................249
Ungrouping objects .................................................................................................250
Opening and closing groups ....................................................................................250
Attaching and detaching objects ..............................................................................250
Tutorial: Grouping a plane’s parts together .............................................................250
Building assemblies .................................................................................................251
Understanding Parent, Child, and Root Relationships .......................................................252
Building Links between Objects ........................................................................................253
Linking objects ........................................................................................................253
Unlinking objects ....................................................................................................253
Tutorial: Linking a family of ducks ..........................................................................254
Displaying Links and Hierarchies ......................................................................................255
Displaying links in the viewport ..............................................................................255
Viewing hierarchies .................................................................................................255
Working with Linked Objects ...........................................................................................256
Locking inheriting transformations .........................................................................256
Using the Link Inheritance utility ............................................................................256
Selecting hierarchies ................................................................................................257

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