GIG reference manual

the solid construct menu

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Section contents

Introduction
Buttons
- spline-skin
- one window
- get solid
- save solid
- get solid tag
- import nurbs
- particles, particlefield
- local light
- ball
- cone
- cylinder
- cube
- torus
- text
- ff extrusion
- ff rotation
- ff patch
- new/fix solid
- group
- union
- subtract
- intersect
- overlay
- sculpt
- copy
- undo
Data input boxes
- torus radius
- text font
- facets
- visibility
- node type
- nurbs display mode
- solid/hollow mode
Submenu's
- sculptor submenu
- sculptor tutorial

Introduction
The solid construct menu is the place where all solid modeling starts. Here you will find the elementary 'building blocks' for constructing your models:

ball
cone
cylinder
cube
torus
text
free forms

The following optional advanced 'building blocks' may also appear in the interface:

To combine these building blocks and to get the required modeling result, the solid construct menu provides several construction tools:

When using sculptor, the following advanced construction tools will also appear in the interface:

For detailed information on these construction tools, refer to the respective pages in this section or tools menu.
Furthermore, solid construct contains options for saving and retrieving solids, for changing the number of facets to accurately display the representations on the screen for selecting required text fonts, for changing the radius of a torus, for creating copies of solids, for setting the visibility mode for solids, and for setting the NURBS display mode.