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====== The Tools Menu ====== | ====== The Tools Menu ====== | ||
- | {{:mapping:cawe:menureference:menutools.png }} | + | {{:mapping:cawe:menureference:menutools.png }} Contains items that are related to CaWE tools as well as object alteration. |
- | * **CaWE Tools**: Opens the chosen tool in the same way as when clicked on the related icon in the tool bar. Note: An exception is **Edit Patch Surface Properties**, which has no related icon in the tool bar. This tool opens the [[mapping:cawe:dialogs:patchmaterial|Patch Material Properties]] dialog. | + | ===== CaWE Tools ===== |
+ | Opens the chosen tool in the same way as when clicked on the related icon in the tool bar. | ||
+ | ===== Carve ===== | ||
+ | Subtracts the space occupied by the selected brush from all other brushes with whom the selected brush intersects. | ||
+ | ===== Make Hollow ===== | ||
+ | Turns all faces of the selected brush into a solid wall with a thickness, that is specified in a popup dialog. | ||
- | * **Carve**: Subtracts the space occupied by the selected brush from all other brushes with whom the selected brush intersects. | + | ===== Group ===== |
- | * **Make Hollow**: Turns all faces of the selected brush into a solid wall with a thickness, that is specified in a popup dialog. | + | Puts all selected objects into a group, so they can be selected together by clicking at one group member. |
+ | ===== Ungroup ===== | ||
+ | Cancels the group status of all selected groups. | ||
- | * **Group**: Puts all selected objects into a group, so they can be selected together by clicking at one group member. | + | ===== Tie to Entity ===== |
- | * **Ungroup**: Cancels the group status of all selected groups. | + | Transforms the selected brushes to an solid entity. |
+ | ===== Move to World ===== | ||
+ | Transforms a solid entity back to a normal brush. | ||
- | * **Tie to Entity**: Transforms the selected brushes to an solid entity. | + | ===== Replace Materials ===== |
- | * **Move to World**: Transforms a solid entity back to a normal brush. | + | Opens the [[mapping:cawe:dialogs:replacematerials|Replace Materials]] dialog. |
+ | ===== Material Lock ===== | ||
+ | If activated materials are locked and no longer automatically shifted if you move, resize, rotate or shear a brush and its faces. | ||
- | * **Replace Materials**: Opens the [[mapping:cawe:dialogs:replacematerials|Replace Materials]] dialog. | + | ===== Snap Selection to Grid ===== |
- | * **Material Lock**: If activated materials are locked and no longer automatically shifted if you move, resize, rotate or shear a brush and its faces. | + | Snaps the point of origin of the selection onto the nearest grid point. |
- | + | ===== Transform ===== | |
- | * **Snap Selection to Grid**: Snaps the point of origin of the selection onto the nearest grid point. | + | Opens the [[mapping:cawe:dialogs:transform|Transform Type-In]] dialog. |
- | * **Transform**: Opens the [[mapping:cawe:dialogs:transform|Transform Type-In]] dialog. {{ :mapping:cawe:menureference:menutoolsalign.png}} | + | ===== Align Objects ===== |
- | * **Align Objects**: Only works for more than one selected object | + | {{ :mapping:cawe:menureference:menutoolsalign.png}} |
+ | Only works for more than one selected object | ||
* **to Left**: Moves all objects to the most left edge of the selection. | * **to Left**: Moves all objects to the most left edge of the selection. | ||
* **to Right**: Moves all objects to the most right edge of the selection. | * **to Right**: Moves all objects to the most right edge of the selection. | ||
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* **to Bottom**: Moves all objects to the bottom edge of the selection. | * **to Bottom**: Moves all objects to the bottom edge of the selection. | ||
* **to vert. Center**: Moves all objects to the vertical center of the selection. | * **to vert. Center**: Moves all objects to the vertical center of the selection. | ||
- | * **Flip Objects**: Only works for more than one selected object {{ :mapping:cawe:menureference:menutoolsflip.png}} | + | ===== Flip Objects ===== |
+ | {{ :mapping:cawe:menureference:menutoolsflip.png}} | ||
+ | Only works for more than one selected object | ||
* **Horizontally**: Flips the objects along a horizontal line trough the center of the selection. | * **Horizontally**: Flips the objects along a horizontal line trough the center of the selection. | ||
* **Vertically**: Flips the objects along a vertical line trough the center of the selection. | * **Vertically**: Flips the objects along a vertical line trough the center of the selection. |