Usage
Click the side attrbts toggle button to activate it. The following
prompt
will appear in the status area:
side number ?
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In response to this prompt, enter the number that corresponds to
the side
to which you wish to apply the attributes (for the side numbers,
refer to
the figure below). As long as the toggle button remains active, bump map,
add diffuse, add specular, add reflect, and add transp will apply only
to the
specified side(s). Click the toggle button again to deactivate it.
Comments
Keep in mind that each solid has a different number of sides. A ball
has
one side, a cone has two sides, a cylinder has three sides, a cube
has six
sides, a torus has one side, text has three sides, a free form extrusion
has three sides, a free form rotation has one side, and a free form
patch
has one or two sides.
To access side attributes again, first activate the toggle button
and then
enter the proper side number. side attributes overwrites assigned
attributes when the side attrbts toggle button is deactivated.
Solid sides