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Modeling with the animation Snapshot tool

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Modeling with the animation Snapshot tool

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- [Instructor] The Snapshot tool lets us create copies or clones of an animated object. We can use this as a modeling tool, and in this case I'll make copies of a chamfer box to create the steps of a spiral staircase. I've got a scene set up with a single chamfer box, which will be the first stair step. I've also got a tape measure helper to indicate the total height of the staircase, which is 12 feet. Sorry to all of our international audience, I'm using feet and inches, which is the standard for architecture. For a spiral staircase, I want to rotate around a point which is outside the step itself. And to facilitate that, I can move the pivot point of the chamfer box. Select it in the top viewport, go over to the Hierarchy panel, click Affect Pivot Only, choose the Move tool, and over in the Snaps, click and hold on the 3D Snaps icon and choose 2.5D snaps. That way when I move the pivot point in the top view, I won't change its elevation. The stair step is not actually flush on the…

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