Matrix 9.0 Addendum

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CHAPTER 1 SubD
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Clay Edit 2
Gumball Modes 2
SelectionMode 4
HotKeys 5
Points OnSurface 6
VisualizationMode 7
E Clayoo Divide 7
SplitSides 8
Inset 8
Clayoo Knife 9
Clayoo Extrude 9
T Clayoo Offset 11
Clayoo Bridge 11
Append Face 12
Clayoo Pipe 13
Clayoo Bezel 14
N Clayoo Ring 16
Clayoo SignetRing 18
Crease Edges 21
Uncrease Edges 21
Clayoo Projectto Plane 21
Collapse 22
Match 22
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Weld 24
Clayoo Symmetry 24
Clayoo Box 25
Clayoo Sphere 26
Clayoo Cylinder 27
Clayoo Cone 29
Clayoo Plane 31
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Clayoo Sweep 1 32
Clayoo Sweep 2 33
Clayoo Loft 34
Clayoo Wrap 35
Clayoo Revolve 36
Create By Curve 38
Create By Two Curves 39
Clayoo Fill 41
Clayoo Shell 41
Clayoo Extract 41
Clayoo Flip Normals 42
ConvertSurfaces 42
ConvertTSpline 43
Create By Mesh 43
Convertto Nurbs 43
Clayoo Sets 44
Clayoo Ring Selection 45
Clayoo Loop Selection 45
SelectU 45
SelectV 45
Clayoo SelectAll 46
Clayoo SelectNone 46
Clayoo PaintSelection 46
Clayoo SelectionGrow 47
Clayoo SelectionShrink 47
Clayoo Invert 47
Clayoo SelectCrease Edges 48
Clayoo SelectUncrease Edges 49
Clayoo SelectNaked Edges 49
SelectCoplanar 50
SubdivisionLevel 50
Clayoo Library 50
CHAPTER 2 Emboss
Emboss 53
By Profile 57
Extrude 60
Base OnGeometry 61
Revolve 63
Texture 64
Stamp 66
CarbonCopy 67
CarbonCopy By Brush 69
Brush 71
Smooth 72
Sculpting 73
Heightfield Image 75
Clay Emboss Resources 76
Decimator 77
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CHAPTER 3 MatrixTools
SmartPattern 80
Texture Builder 81
Rope 82
TextOnCurve 82
Styles 85
UserLibraries 85
Blueprint 86
ViewManager 86
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SubD
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Integrate SubD(Sub-Division) withtraditional Nurbs modeling and
benefitfrom this organic approachto modeling SubDis anexciting
and powerful way to model withinMatrix.This workflowis very dif-
ferentfrom the traditional Nurbs method and offers many greatbene-
E fits.Hand inhand,the two technologies will allowyouto designand
create jewelry thatis only limited by yourimagination.SubDwill open
youreyes to a newworld of organic modeling thatallows youto
quickly editand refine yourjewelry designs.These designs canthen
be easily converted back to Nurbs surfaces and youcancontinue to
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work onyourdesignwithtraditional Matrix tools.Creating free-form
surfaces and organic shapes withinSubDadds to yourarsenal of tools
and allows youto quickly explore shapes,pushing and pulling them
P until they are justright.
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Clay Edit and flatdiscs thatmove the selectionin
two dimensions (oralong a plane).
'ClayEdit'
Gumball movesteps:
This command enables editting of Clayoo
SubDmodels and turnonthe SubDHud. Click and drag one of the Move Gum-
ball handles
Whereis this Command:
or
SubD>Clay Edit
Steps: Double click onone of the handles
and type inanexacttransformation
Click onthe Clay Editcommand to toggle value.
onoroff SubDedditting.
Press Enterwhendone.
TheSubDHUDwillappearintheviewportwhenClayEditis
toggledon.
Gumball Modes
'ClayGumballModes'
The Clayoo Gumballs change howClayoo
objects are manipulated.
Whereis this Command:
Clayoo Gumball modes appearinthe HUD
whenClayoo is active.
1DMoveHandles: These handles (red,
Hot keys:
greenand blue) alignto the X,Y and Z
axes respectively and move the selection
Clayoo Gumball Toggle: Q
along thataxis.
Move: W
NormalHandle: This handle orients to the
Rotate: E selection's normal direction(per-
pendicularto the selection).If the selec-
Scale: R
tion's normal is along anaxis the Normal
MultipleGumball: T Handle will notappear.
2DMoveHandles: Betweeneachmajor
Note:hotkeysmustbetoggledonforthehotkeys handle there is a beige disk thatperforms
towork. a 2Dmove (XY,XZ,YZ),moving a vertex,
edge,face orobjectalong a plane as
opposed to a single axis.
Rotategumball:The Rotate gumball
Gumball Modes:
rotates verts,edges,faces orthe entire
object(based onthe selection).The
Movegumball: The Move gumball relo-
Rotate gumball is comprised of red,green
cates verts,edges,faces,orthe entire and blue circles thatsurround the selec-
object(based onthe selection).The move tion.
gumball is comprised of a series of arrows
thatmove the selectionona single vector RotateGumball Steps:
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Click and drag onthe Rotate Gum-
ball handles
or
Double click onone of the handles
and type inanexacttransformation
value.
Press Enterwhendone.
1DScaleHandles: These handles (red,
greenand blue) alignto the X,Y and Z
axis respectively and scale the selectionin
one dimensionalong thataxis.
2DScaleHandles: Betweeneachmajor
handle there is a beige disk thatperform a
2Dscale (XY,XZ,YZ).Scaling a vertex,
edge orface intwo dimensions.
RotationHandles: These handles (red, MultipleGumballs: Whenthis optionis
greenand blue) alignto the X,Y and Z active Clayoo gumballs will appearon
axes respectively and rotate the selection eachselectionas opposed to the center
along thataxis. (oraverage) of the selections.
Scalegumball: The Scale gumball
scales verts,edges,faces orthe entire
object(based onthe selection).The scale
gumball is comprised of a series of
handles(colored boxes) thatperform a 1D
scale,flatdiscs thatperform a 2Dscale
and a white box thatperforms a 3Dscale. Figure1:MultipleGumballsoffFigure2:MultipleGumballson.
ScaleGumball Steps:
Withthe multiple gumballs enabled each
Click and drag onthe Scale Gumball
selectionwill move,scale orrotate relative
handles
to the selections centeras opposed to rel-
or ative to a single centerforthe whole selec-
tion.
Double click onone of the handles
and type inanexacttransformation
value.
Press Enterwhendone.
Figure1:SelectionwithmultiplegumballsFigure2:Selection
aftermove.
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Figure1:Selectionwithmultiplegumballsoff.Figure2:Selec- Verticesselectionmode
tionaftermove.
Edgeselectionmode: Inthis selection
mode,whenyouclick ona Clayoo edge
Note:Whenthisoptionisselectedthegumballsori- only thatedge is selected.Multiple edges
entthemselevestotheselectionasopposedtothe canbe selected by holding downShifton
worldcordinates(X,YandZaxis).Therefore,the the keyboard.Selecta loop of edges by
NormalHandlewillnotappear.TheblueMove firstselecting anedge and thenholding
Handleisorientedtothesurfacesnormal. downshiftand double-clicking onanadja-
centedge.
Selection Mode
Clayoo has fourselectionmodes:vertices,
edges,faces and object.These modes are
atthe core of howwe manipulate
SubD/Clayoo objects.
Whereis this Command:
Clayoo Selectionmodes appearinthe Edgeselectionmode
HUDwhenClayoo is active.
Faceselectionmode: Inthis selection
mode,whenyouclick ona Clayoo face
only thatface is selected.Multiple faces
canbe selected by holding downShifton
the keyboard.Selecta loop of faces by
Hot Keys: firstselecting a face and thenholding
downShiftand double-clicking onanadja-
Vertices: A centface.
Edges: S
Faces: D
Objects: F
Note:hotkeysmustbetoggledonforthehotkeys
towork.
Faceselectionmode
Selection Modes:
Object selectionmode: Inthis selection
mode,whenyouclick ona Clayoo surface
Vertices SelectionMode: WhenVer-
the whole objectis selected.
tices mode is selected,one ormore ver-
tices (a vertex grip orcontrol point) which
define the surface canbe selected and
used forediting.Selectadditional verts by
holding Shiftonthe keyboard and left-
clicking orusing crossoverorregion
select.
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