About the Transform User Interface
The
Transform tab consists of commands, tabs, and shortcut menus. Click
Warp >
![](../../surfacing/warp/images/ff_xform.png)
to open the
Transform tab.
Commands
You can set behavior for more than one category and perform more than one Transform action at a time.
• Jack buttons
◦ ![](../../surfacing/warp/images/warp_transform_center.png)
—Centers the jack in the marquee.
◦ ![](../../surfacing/warp/images/warp_transform_align.png)
—Aligns the jack with the direction plane.
• Transform
◦ Selection—Transforms the selected geometry.
◦ Jack—Transforms the jack.
• Move
◦ Free—Freely translates geometry with respect to the direction plane.
◦ H/V—Translates geometry horizontally or vertically with respect to the direction plane.
◦ Normal—Translates geometry normal to the direction plane.
• Scale
◦ Opposite—Scales geometry uniformly in the opposite direction of the selected corner, edge, or face.
◦ Center (Alt + Shift)—Scales geometry uniformly around the center of the marquee.
Tabs
• References
◦ Geometry collector—Displays the solid or the group of curves, quilts, or facets to transform.
◦ Hide Original check box—Hides the geometry of the original entity in the warp.
◦ Copy Original check box—Copies the original entity in the warp after you have completed it. This option is not available for solids.
◦ Facet Preview check box—Displays a preview of the warped geometry within the feature. Facet Preview is unavailable if the selection consists only of facets, curves, or both.
◦ Facet Preview slider—Increases or decreases the facet preview quality.
◦ Facet Preview box—Specifies a facet preview quality value from 0 to 100.
◦ Direction collector—Displays the coordinate system or reference plane selected for the warp.
• List
◦ Warp list—Lists each warp procedure within the current Warp feature.
▪ ![](../../surfacing/warp/images/ncfm_cd_previous.png)
—Moves the insertion arrow to the beginning of the list.
▪ ![](../../surfacing/warp/images/ncfm_cd_playbk.png)
—Moves the insertion point back by one item.
▪ ![](../../surfacing/warp/images/ncfm_cd_play.png)
—Moves the insertion point forward by one item.
▪ ![](../../surfacing/warp/images/ncfm_cd_next.png)
—Moves the insertion arrow to the end of the list.
▪ ![](../../surfacing/warp/images/delete.png)
—Deletes the selected warp procedure from the list.
• Options
Contains the scale, move, and rotate options. If you selected Selection next to Transform on the tab, the options are applied to selected entities. If you selected Jack, the options are applied to the jack.
◦ Scale—Point to a marquee edge center and drag an arrow to scale in one dimension, drag a marquee edge center to scale in two dimensions, or drag a marquee corner to scale in three dimensions.
▪ From and To box—Displays references for scale actions.
▪ Scale box—Sets a value for the scale action.
▪ Toward list—Sets scaling to Opposite to scale uniformly in the opposite direction of the selected corner, edge, or face, or Center to scale symmetrically in reference to the center of the marquee.
◦ Move—When Selection is selected on the tab, drag the background or the jack to move the selected geometry. When Jack is selected, drag the jack to move it.
▪ X, Y, and Z boxes—Sets position in the x-, y-, and z-direction.
▪ Relative check box—Moves the jack relative to the marquee without changing the values in the X, Y, and Z boxes.
◦ Rotate—When Selection is selected on the tab, drag the jack handles to rotate the selected geometry. When Jack is selected, drag the jack handles to rotate the marquee.
▪ Active handle box—Displays the jack handle that rotates around the axis.
▪ Rotation axis box—Sets the jack handle about which the jack rotates.
▪ Angle box—Sets the rotation angle.
• Properties
◦ Name box—Sets a name for a Warp feature.
◦ ![](../../surfacing/warp/images/dash_info.png)
—Displays detailed component information in a browser.
Shortcut Menus
Right-click the graphics window to access shortcut menu commands.
• Geometry Collector—Activates the Geometry collector.
• Direction Collector—Activates the Direction collector.
• Deactivate Collector—Dectivates the selected collector.
• Clear—Removes data from the selected collector.
• Use Boundary Tangents—Maintains tighter tangency control at boundaries.
• Transform—Activates the Transform warp type.
• Warp—Activates the Warp warp type.
• Spine—Activates the Spine warp type.
• Stretch—Activates the Stretch warp type.
• Bend—Activates the Bend warp type.
• Twist—Activates the Twist warp type.
• Sculpt—Activates the Sculpt warp type.
Right-click the jack to access shortcut menu commands.
• Center Jack—Centers the jack in the marquee.
• Align Jack—Aligns the jack with the direction plane.
• Transform Selection—Applies move operations to the selected geometry.
• Transform Jack—Applies move operations to the jack.