Apx C Menu Plug Ins

C Appendix C Menu Command Plug-ins Menu command plug-ins are accessed via the Plug-in menu. Table of Contents Introduction C-2 Rain C-13 Animate Camera C-3 Save Textures C-14 Array Duplicate C-6 Size Window C-14 Convert To Mesh C-10 Surface Area C-15 Counter C-10 Timer C-16 Draw Direct C-11 To Interactive C-16 Earthquake C-11 Turbocharge C-17 Floors And Ceilings C-11 Use Conics C-17 Interactive C-13 C-1 return to main table of contents C ◆ Introduction Select the plug-in icon in the menu bar. A list of available menu command plug-ins displays: Select the plug-in name from the list to use it. Hold down the Option key and select the plug-in name to display any plug-in options that are available. C-2 The Þrst time a plug-in icon is selected, the top item in the menu is Last Plug-in, and this is grayed out. After selecting a plug-in, the top item will be the name of the last plug-in selected. This can be chosen by selecting the top item or typing Command - *. 3D Controller is a menu command and a palette. See 3D Controller on page D-8 for more details. The following plug-ins are available as both menu command plug-ins and plug-in mod- iÞers: Add UV, Animate Color, Animate Textures, Bomb, Color, Delete Attributes, Gravity, Make Wireframe, Material, Random Color, Scale Object and Spin. See Appendix H Ñ Plug-in ModiÞers on page H-1 for details. ◆ Animate Camera The Animate Camera plug-in is used to move the camera along a speciÞed path, over a set time. To use the Animate Camera plug-in you will require the Animation Tweener plug-in to be loaded. The Animation Player and Pipes plug-ins will also be useful. 1. DeÞne a path for the camera to be animated along. The screen shot below shows a path created by using the Pipes plug-in. See Pipes on page G-43 for more details. C-3 2. Set up the Animation Player palette according to your requirements for the movie you wish to record. See Animation Player on page D-12 for more details. 3. Select the path object in the 3D World document and choose Animate Camera from the Plug-in menu. The Animate Camera Options dialog displays: 4. Select one of the Camera Movement radio buttons to specify the way in which the cam- era should move along the path. The preview below the radio buttons shows how the camera will move. ¥ Follow Path Fly Through: Both the camera object and the camera view will move …