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

Caution
Painting with objects dramatically increases the overall polygon count of the scene, especially if you are painting
with a complex object. Try to keep the paint object as simple as possible to avoid unwieldy scenes. n
Before a painted set of objects is committed to the scene, you can use the settings in the Brush Settings
panel, shown in Figure 14.31, to change the alignment, spacing, rotation, and scale of the objects. You have
several options for randomly scattering the objects. The default alignment for the painted objects is to
match the picked object, or you can align the object to the X, Y, or Z axis or flip it about the specified axis
with the Flip Axis button.

FIGURE 14.31
The Brush Settings panel lets you change the position, rotation, and scale of the painted objects.
Scatter settings
Rotate settings

Scale settings
Commit Flip Axis

Even/Random/
Cancel Ramp option
Load Settings Lock Axis
(Uniform Scale)
Save Settings
Set Current Settings as Default

The Spacing value lets you change how far away each object is from its neighbor. The Scatter settings let
you move the objects in the U, V, or W directions. The Rotation setting uniformly rotates all the objects
together, or you can allow random rotations by clicking the small arrow to the right of each axis and
enabling the Random option.
For the Scale settings, you can enable the Lock Axis (Uniform Scaling) option to scale all objects evenly
or you can enable the Random option to randomly scale the objects within a set range of values. The
Ramp option scales the objects gradually from the start of the stroke to the end of the stroke to a given
size. Figure 14.32 shows several lines of pyramids with different settings. The top line is the default. The
second line has an altered spacing value, the third line is oriented about the Y axis, and the final line uses
a ramp scaling.

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