Conform

Object—Displays the name of the selected Wrap-To object.

Pick Wrap-To Object—Click this button, and then select the object to which you want the current object to wrap.

Reference/Copy/Move/Instance—This option lets you specify how the Wrap-To object is transferred to the Conform object. It can be transferred either as a reference, a copy, an instance, or it can be moved, in which case the original is not left behind.

Contains all parameters for the Conform object.

Provides a list window and two edit fields that let you navigate the compound object and rename its components.

List Window—Lists the Wrapper and the Wrap-To objects. Click to select an object in the window so that you can access it in the Modifier stack.

Wrapper Name—Lets you rename the wrapper object within the compound Conform object.

Wrap-To Object Name—Lets you rename the Wrap-To object.

Choose one of these seven options to determine the projection of the vertices.

Use Active Viewport—The vertices are projected away (inward) from the active viewport.

Recalculate Projection—Recalculates the projection direction for the currently active viewport. Because the direction is initially assigned when you pick the Wrap-To object, if you want to change viewports after assignment, click this button to recalculate the direction based on the new active viewport.

Use Any Object's Z Axis—Lets you use the local Z axis of any object in the scene as a direction. Once an object is assigned, you can alter the direction of vertex projection by rotating the direction object.

Pick Z-Axis Object—Click this button, and then click the object you want to use to indicate the direction of the projection source.

Object—Displays the name of the direction object.

Along Vertex Normals—Projects the vertices of the Wrapper object inward along the reverse direction of its vertex normals. A vertex normal is a vector produced by averaging the normals of all faces attached to that vertex. If the Wrapper object encloses the Wrap-To object, the Wrapper takes on the form of the Wrap-To object.

Towards Wrapper Center—Projects the vertices toward the bounding center of the Wrapper object.

Towards Wrapper Pivot—Projects the vertices toward the original pivot center of the Wrapper object.

Towards Wrap-To Center—Projects the vertices toward the bounding center of the Wrap-To object.

Towards the Wrap-To Pivot—Projects the vertices toward the pivot center of the Wrap-To object.

Note: Towards Wrapper Pivot and Towards the Wrap-To Pivot operate on the position of the original pivot point of the object before the Conform object is created. Once you create the Conform object, it's a new compound object with a single pivot point.

Tip: You can animate the conforming effect by morphing between the compound object and a previously made copy of the original wrapper object. To do this, however, you must turn on Hide Wrap-To Object in the Update group so that the original object and the compound object have the same number of vertices. Using this technique, you can effectively morph between two objects with a different number of vertices.

Provides controls that determine how far the vertices are projected.

Default Projection Distance—The distance a vertex in the Wrapper object will move from its original location if it does not intersect the Wrap-To object.

Standoff Distance—The distance maintained between the vertex of the Wrapper object and the surface of the Wrap-To object. For example, if you set Standoff Distance to 5, the vertices can be pushed no closer than 5 units from the surface of the Wrap-To object.

Use Selected Vertices—When turned on, only the selected vertex sub-objects of the Wrapper object are pushed. When turned off, all vertices in the object are pushed, regardless of the Modifier stack selection. To access the Modifier stack of the Wrapper object, select the Wrapper object in the list window, open the Modifier stack, and select the base object name. At this point you can apply a Mesh Select modifier, for example, and select the vertices you want to affect.

The items in this group determine when the projection for the compound object is recalculated. Because complex compound objects can slow performance, you can use these options to avoid constant calculation.

Always—The object is updated constantly.

When Rendering—The object is recalculated only when the scene is rendered.

Manually—Activates the Update button for manual recalculation.

Update—Recalculates the projection.

Hide Wrap-To Object—Hides the Wrap-To object.

Determines whether the shape operands are displayed.

Result—Displays the result of the operation.

Operands—Displays the operands.