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Chapter 5: Creating and Editing Primitive Objects

FIGURE 5.26
Use the Hose primitive to connect two objects.

Tutorial: Filling a treasure chest with gems

I haven’t found many treasure chests lately, but if I remember correctly, they are normally filled with bright,
sparkling gems. In this tutorial, you’ll fill the chest with a number of Hedra primitives and alter the object
properties in the Modify panel to create a diverse offering of gems.
To create a treasure chest with many unique gems, follow these steps:
1. Open the Treasure chest of gems.max file from the Chap 05 directory on the DVD.
This file includes a simple treasure chest model.
2. Select Create ➪ Extended Primitives ➪ Hedra to open the Extended Primitives subcategory in the
Create panel. At the top of the Object Type rollout, enable the AutoGrid option and select the
Hedra button.
The AutoGrid option creates all new objects on the surface of other objects.
3. Create several Hedra objects.
The size of the objects doesn’t matter at this time.
4. Open the Modify panel, and select one of the Hedra objects.
5. Alter the values in the Parameters rollout to produce a nice gem.
6. Repeat Step 5 for all Hedra objects in the chest.
Figure 5.27 shows the resulting chest with a variety of gems.

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