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Precision transforms with Grid and Snap

Precision transforms with Grid and Snap - 3ds Max Tutorial

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Precision transforms with Grid and Snap

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- In the last movies we saw some problems that can occur with grid snapping in 3D. If we've got the move tool active and we're snapping in 3D to grid points. If we move something in the top-view for example, it's going to sent down to an elevation of zero. Alright, so lets work around that. I'll undo that with Control Z, there are two ways to work around this. Two point five D mode, and or access constraints. Lets look at two point five D mode first. Click and hold the snaps button to get the fly out, and choose two point five D mode. This is going to move the snap cursor in the 2D space of the screen itself. Also known as the picture plane. So just to give you a little bit of background information. Rendering, or the display of an image, is the projection of the 3D scene into the flat space of the image. In this case a view port. Two point five D mode is going to snap the cursor to the screen projection of…

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