Tool  >> Polygon Template

• Tool >> Polygon Template command lets you reuse a polygon mesh structure as template. Thus, you are able to retrieve the polygon structure of one template model and apply it to a different model.

Step   

        Execute Tool >> Polygon Template command as follows:

        1. Select a region or go to next step without selection.

        2. Select Tool >> Polygon Template from the menu or click the corresponding icon from the polygon Tool2 toolbar.

        3. Pick a template shell, then pick a reference shell.

        4. Click Yes if you have to align two shells, or No.

            Click the right mouse button, then the following popup menu appears.

   

Click Auto Anchor to automatically project anchors onto the reference shell.

Click Add Anchor to add anchors to the reference shell.

Click Delete Anchor to delete anchors on the reference shell.

Click Delete All Anchor to delete all anchors on the reference shell.

Click Move Nodes to transform nodes.

Click Move Anchor to move anchors on the reference shell.

If there is a selected region, click Blending Depth and enter a depth number of its boundary to be blended. After click Set Blending Curve on the popup menu, you can adjust the position of vertices in the selected region of the template shell to a reference shell.

On the dialog box, the horizontal axis of the graph represents the user-defined depth; the vertical axis represents the position of a template shell (0) and a reference shell (1). You can adjust the selected region on the template shell to the reference shell with the position of each depth. ¡°Depth 0¡± means the boundary of the selected region.

Click the Load button to load a saved blending curve graph.

Click the Save button to save the current blending curve graph.

Click the Reset button to return to the initial blending curve graph.

5. Deselect Pause on the RMB menu..

6. Click Move Nodes on the RMB menu.

7. Select nodes to be moved by dragging LMB while holding down Shift key.

8. Select nodes to be translated by dragging RMB while holding down Shift key.

9. Transform nodes by dragging a yellow node while holding down LMB.

10. Click Auto Anchor on the RMB menu.

11. Move, add, or delete anchors.

12. Click Relax Template to apply node transformation to the reference shell.

13. Push Esc key to complete this command.

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Result

                < Original Polygon >                                        < New template >

Note

• If template shell have selected region, this command can be applied to selected region only. but if user select Auto anchor option, anchor may be created outside region so Unanticipated result may be made.