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Chapter 14: Using the Graphite Modeling Tools and Painting with Objects

The Copy and Paste Sets buttons let you copy a selection set from the main toolbar and paste it as needed.

FIGURE 14.24
The Selection tab includes panels for selecting specific subobject selections.
Invert Select

Number Random Grow

Percent Random Shrink

Selecting by criteria

The remaining selection criteria let you locate subobjects using a variety of different methods.
By Surface, Normal, and Perspective
The By Surface panel lets you specify a degree of concavity, and the tool locates all the concave areas in the
current object. Negative values also can be used to find convex regions. Figure 14.25 shows the selected
concave regions.

FIGURE 14.25
The By Surface tool can be used to find the concave regions of an object.

The By Normal panel lets you choose an axis and a value, and all subobjects within the Angle value for the
selected axis are selected. This is a great way to quickly determine which polygons are facing away from the
current view. The Invert button can find all normals pointing toward the negative axis side.

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