The cube snaps to the grid intersections as you drag.
8
Place the cube at a grid point by releasing the mouse button.
9
Click the
Grid
snap button again to turn grid snapping off.
NOTE
In addition to using the Grid button, you can grid snap by pressing
and holding the Alt (Windows) or Command (Mac) key while you place a
primitive.
To use the palette menu to choose the Cone tool
This time use an alternative method for choosing tools from palettes.
1
Click the tab at the top of the Surfaces palette.
The palette collapses to just the tab, and the other palettes move up to
fill the space.
This feature is very useful for saving space in the palette window and in
shelves. You can still choose tools from the palette using the palette’s
menu.
2
Click the
right mouse button
on the Surfaces palette’s title tab to open
the palette’s menu.
3
Click the Primitives option to open the submenu.
Just like the menus at the top of the screen, arrows indicate that an item
in the palette menu has subitems.
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Summary of Contents for ALIAS 2010
Page 1: ...Autodesk Alias 2010 Learning Alias March 2009 Part No 712B1 050000 PM05A ...
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Page 18: ... Check the community site for tips and tricks 12 Chapter 2 Getting help on Alias ...
Page 202: ...Select the circle curve 196 Chapter 5 Modeling a Joystick ...
Page 248: ...The row of CVs is selected and highlighted in yellow 242 Chapter 5 Modeling a Joystick ...
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Page 309: ...Part 2 Intersecting and Trimming 303 ...
Page 399: ...On Your Own 393 ...
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Page 465: ...Part 4 Creating the Screen Recess 459 ...
Page 491: ...Then choose the inner arc to complete the trimming Part 6 Control Button 485 ...
Page 514: ...508 Chapter 7 Modeling an MP3 Player ...
Page 517: ...5 e The Round tool can create a corner surface between three edges Quiz Answers 511 ...
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Page 629: ...Visualizing a PDA 623 ...
Page 685: ...Use the scene you have just set up and create some detail views of the design On Your Own 679 ...
Page 721: ...2 Click the Map button next to the Bump parameter Part 4 Creating a 2D bump texture 715 ...
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