ObjectDisplay > Control
 
 
 

Opens a control window allowing you to show or hide various control features on all or picked objects.

TipUse the +/- buttons included on the control panel to show and hide object features.

Change the form of original object in an animation

Edit the timing curve of a motion path

Move CVs in world (XYZ) space

Move CVs relative to their curve or surface

Move CVs along an arbitrary vector or plane

Move multiple CVs toward or away from a point

Transform one CV and have surrounding CVs follow it

View > New Camera

Scope

What objects the checkboxes will affect when you click Go. Set this to ACTIVE to only affect the picked objects.

Type

This option only appears when Scope is set to NEW CRV. It lets you specify which controls should be displayed when building a new curve of type: CRV (regular curve), BLEND CRV, or KEYPOINT CRV.

All On, Off

Automatically turns all the checkboxes on or off.

Key Points

Show keypoints on keypoint curves (lines, arcs, rectangles, etc.).

Draw and edit CAD-like lines and arcs

Hulls

Show lines connecting adjacent CVs.

CVs, hulls, and edit points

Edit Points, Blend Points, CVs

Show control points on curves.

CVs, hulls, and edit points

Blend curves

Surface Iso(parms)

Show interior isoparametric curves on surfaces. When this option is off, only the surface edges are visible.

Patch Precision

Number of descriptive isoparameteric curves that will be drawn for each span of a surface. This option only appears when Scope is set to NEW SURF.