Graphics Programs Reference
In-Depth Information
Taper
Under the
Modify | Transform
menu,
LightWave offers two kinds of tools that
taper your geometry. Taper lets you control
the amount of effect on each axis of the
taper, depending on how much you move
your mouse up and down or left and right.
Taper Constrain, on the other hand, affects
your geometry in both directions of your
taper at once (for instance, if you wanted a
Doric column to evenly taper as it rises).
With a Taper tool active, click in a Top
viewport to taper your selected geometry
Note
Taper, Twist, and Bend all work best when
you have many segments along the effect's
axis of the geometry you are deforming.
as it extends along the Y axis. Drag left or
right, up or down to taper your object.
(Technically, the Taper tool successively
scales the selected geometry relative to the
distance of the selected geometry's
bottom.)
Figure 5-15: The Taper Constrain tool in action.
