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Merge............................................................................................................... 22
Explode ................................................................ ................................ ............ 22
Subdivide surfaces................................ ................................ ............................ 22
Operations on surfaces ................................ ................................ ......................... 23
Extruding ................................ ................................ ................................ .........23
Flip normal ......................................................................................................27
Change vertex order................................ ................................ ......................... 28
Divide surfaces.................................................................................................28
Spline surfaces .................................................................................................28
Spike ................................ ................................ ................................ ................ 28
Make hole................................ ................................ ................................ .........28
Bevel ................................ ................................ ................................ ................ 29
Triangulate................................ ................................ ................................ .......29
Cut away object................................ ................................ ................................ 30
Remap texture coors................................ ................................ ......................... 30
Operations on Vertices ................................ ................................ ......................... 30
Snap-together ................................................................ ................................ ...30
Snap-to-grid ................................ ................................ ................................ .....30
Snap-objects-by-vertices................................................................ ................... 30
Snap object vertex pairs ................................................................ ................... 30
Insert Vertex................................ ................................ ................................ .....31
Create surface/object........................................................................................ 31
Create ordered surface ................................ ................................ ..................... 34
Remove surface only................................ ................................ ......................... 34
TEXTURING ................................ ................................ ................................ .........35
Using textures in conjunction with background images ........................................35
MATERIALS AND THE PALETTE....................................................................37
Editing Palette entries................................ ........................................................... 37
LOADING AND SAVING FILES................................ ................................ .........38
Importing other formats................................ ........................................................ 38
Triangle files ....................................................................................................38
Vector files ................................ ................................ ................................ .......38
Exporting files......................................................................................................38
VRML 1................................................................ ................................ ............ 39
VRML 2................................................................ ................................ ............ 39
DIVE ................................ ................................ ................................ ................ 39
MASSIVE ................................ ................................ ................................ .........39
RENDERMAN ................................ ................................ ..................................39
POVRAY ................................................................................................ .......... 39
Triangle files ....................................................................................................40
RENDERING ................................ ................................ ................................ .........41
APPENDIX............................................................................................................. 42
Performance tips ................................ ................................ ..................................42
Keypresses ................................ ........................................................................... 42
Preferences/settings................................ ................................ .............................. 43
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