This tab allows you to modify the front and back material settings of one or more selected 3D faces.
Entity Inspector - 3D Faces
Material
From the drop-down list choose either Front Material or Back Material.
Board
Scale
Enter the required scale factor.
Direction
Choose either Horizontal or Vertical.
Artwork
Offset
Enter the required (x,y) offset.
Size
Enter the required (x,y) size.
Rotation
Enter the required angle of rotation.
Mirror
Select the required mirror options.
Fit to model extents
Press this button to recalculate the Artwork settings to match the size of the model.
Curvature
Type
From the pulldown list choose None, Manual or Automatic.
First Curve
The First Curve is the primary curve for any curved surface and is always present. In the 3D layer the First Curve is highlighted green by default. The controls for the first curve are as follows:
Select
This will start the Select Curve tool and the user can then highlight entities on folding models to use to curve the selected faces. On the Edit Bar is a Group checkbox which either enables selection of individual entities or groups of entities (groups are defined as entities with the same palette, of the same palette type or associated with the same faces).
Invert
This will invert the curve from its current state.
Mirror
This will mirror the curve from left to right.
Clear
This will clear the curve resulting in a flat surface.
Angle
This is the angle of curve as though it has been tilted about its end points (90 degrees results in the full curve height being used and 0 degrees results in no curvature).
Link
If selected then the First Curve will be used over the entire surface.
Second Curve
The Second Curve is optional and allows more complex curved surfaces to be created by blending between the two curves. To enable the second curve the Link checkbox must be deselected and then the same controls as above are enabled.