Post by Anthony on May 10, 2015 22:11:54 GMT
The modifier stack controls appear near the top of the Modify panel, just below the name and color fields. The modifier stack ("stack" for short) contains the accumulated history of an object, including its creation parameters and the modifiers applied to it. At the bottom of the stack is the original object. Above the object are the modifiers, in order from bottom to top. This is the order in which modifiers are applied to the object's geometry.
Instances and References in the Modifier Stack Display
In the modifier stack display, objects and modifiers appear in normal type unless they are an instance or a reference. Here is how instances and references appear in the stack display:
The name of an instanced object appears in boldface.
The name of a modifier appears in boldface if it is part of an instanced pipeline.
If a modifier is applied to two or more pipelines, it is called an instanced modifier. Its name appears in italic.
If a modifier is instanced and part of an instanced pipeline, its name appears in boldface and italic.
A referenced object appears with a dark bar above it. Modifiers below the bar are part of the current pipeline. Modifiers above the bar are unique to the reference object.
Note: You can also create instances of a reference. In this case, the modifier above the reference bar apply to the reference and to its instances.
A modifier above the reference object bar can itself be an instance and appear in other pipelines, in which case its name would be italic (either plain or boldface).
The Make Unique button makes a pipeline or a modifier instance unique. When you highlight the base object and then click Make Unique, the whole pipeline becomes unique. When you highlight a bold modifier and then click Make Unique, this also makes the pipeline unique. If the modifier is an instanced modifier that belongs to an instanced pipeline (it appears in boldface and italic), clicking Make Unique makes the modifier unique but not the entire pipeline (the modifier's name is no longer italic, but it is still bold).
Instances and References in the Modifier Stack Display
In the modifier stack display, objects and modifiers appear in normal type unless they are an instance or a reference. Here is how instances and references appear in the stack display:
The name of an instanced object appears in boldface.
The name of a modifier appears in boldface if it is part of an instanced pipeline.
If a modifier is applied to two or more pipelines, it is called an instanced modifier. Its name appears in italic.
If a modifier is instanced and part of an instanced pipeline, its name appears in boldface and italic.
A referenced object appears with a dark bar above it. Modifiers below the bar are part of the current pipeline. Modifiers above the bar are unique to the reference object.
Note: You can also create instances of a reference. In this case, the modifier above the reference bar apply to the reference and to its instances.
A modifier above the reference object bar can itself be an instance and appear in other pipelines, in which case its name would be italic (either plain or boldface).
The Make Unique button makes a pipeline or a modifier instance unique. When you highlight the base object and then click Make Unique, the whole pipeline becomes unique. When you highlight a bold modifier and then click Make Unique, this also makes the pipeline unique. If the modifier is an instanced modifier that belongs to an instanced pipeline (it appears in boldface and italic), clicking Make Unique makes the modifier unique but not the entire pipeline (the modifier's name is no longer italic, but it is still bold).