Non proportional Extend

What’s New in Alias 2010 > Modeling >

Object Edit > Extend now lets you extend surfaces non-proportionally through the use of manipulators.

Choose Object Edit > Extend.
Select a surface edge.
Three arrow manipulators appear on the surface edge. The middle one is selected by default.
Do one of the following:
- Select the middle manipulator (selected by default) and drag to extend the surface proportionally (old behavior).
- Select one of the outer manipulators and drag to extend the surface non-proportionally.
NoteBoth ends must be extended in the same direction, either positive or negative. A label shows the extension distance while you’re dragging. The controls are turned on until you exit the tool.

NoteYou can only extend periodic surfaces proportionally (one manipulator).

If using the Extrapolate type with Merge on, you can select two opposite edges of a surface and symmetrically extend both at the same time, as shown below.

In all other cases, you can only use non-proportional Extend when a single edge is selected. Consequently it will not work when Chain Select is on and several tangent continuous edges are selected automatically.

Non-proportional Extend works with both Merge on and off, as well as Linear and Extrapolate extend types.

The Circular extend type has been eliminated.