Creating Surface Groups *

Creating Surface Groups *

* = Review

Foundation: Different kinds of polygon groups, use of surface groups to make customizing textures easy, esp. hems, edges

Step by Step: Add details, add screenshots

Wrap-Up: Show some examples of how the item in Step by Step looks with different surface parameters applied to new zones

Next Steps: Face Groups, Regions, Rigidity, Surfaces & Materials

Summary

Use the Polygon Group Editor to select polygons in a conforming item and assign them to particular groups, in this case Surface Groups (a.k.a. Material Zones).

Process Overview

View Tool Settings tab
Activate Polygon Group Editor tool
Select Polygons
Create Surface Group
Assign Name
Delete empty groups as needed

Foundation

Step By Step

View [[Tool Settings]] tab

Activate Polygon Group Editor tool

Select Polygons

View existing Surface or Face Group settings, may be used to select polygons, or:
Right-Click conforming item, Polygon Selection → Mode
- Rectangle
- Lasso
- Drag

Create Surface Group

Right-Click Surface Group heading, Create Surface Group from Selected…
Assign name (may be different from bone name)

Delete empty groups as needed

Wrap-Up

Next Steps

Surfaces (Colors and Textures)

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