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# Right-click the ground, and choose '''Create''' on the pie menu. | # Right-click the ground, and choose '''Create''' on the pie menu. | ||
# Click the ground again to [[rez]] a generic cube. | # Click the ground again to [[rez]] a generic cube. | ||
# From the build tools, select ''Create''' (also found in Tools > Select Tool > Create). | # From the build tools, select '''Create''' (also found in '''Tools''' > '''Select Tool''' > '''Create'''). | ||
# Check '''Keep Selected''' so we can do the following steps repeatedly. | # Check '''Keep Selected''' so we can do the following steps repeatedly. | ||
# Click the '''Copy selected''' checkbox. For now, check '''Center''' and uncheck '''Rotate'''. | # Click the '''Copy selected''' checkbox. For now, check '''Center''' and uncheck '''Rotate'''. | ||
# Now, click on the faces of the cube. Each time you do so, the cube is duplicated, aligned edge-to-edge with a previous cube. | # Now, click on the faces of the cube. Each time you do so, the cube is duplicated, aligned edge-to-edge with a previous cube. | ||
With that explained, here's what the options do: | |||
* '''Center''' - Copies are centered on the target object, which is useful for neat building in-a-line where you want objects to be aligned along two axes. Otherwise, objects will be placed edge-to-edge. Note that with curved prims like spheres, this means an edge will be ''touching'', but won't ''interpenetrate'' (overlap). | |||
* '''Rotate''' - Copies rotate to match the target object, instead of the original values the source object has. This can make it easier to line up something that's already at an angle. | |||
{{KBwarning|'''Rotate''' doesn't always work correctly and can leave gaps between objects, as described in [https://jira.secondlife.com/browse/VWR-4471 this known issue].}} | |||
Since this build tool relies on Second Life's 3D space, watch this video to understand more. Note that it dates from an older version of Second Life where it was "Copy Selection" instead of "Copy selected", but the tool works the same: | Since this build tool relies on Second Life's 3D space, watch this video to understand more. Note that it dates from an older version of Second Life where it was "Copy Selection" instead of "Copy selected", but the tool works the same: | ||
Revision as of 11:54, 23 November 2009
Copy selected allows you to duplicate selected prims and align them adjacent to each other. For example, if you're copying sections of a wall and Shift ⇧-dragging to copy is proving tricky to fine-tune, you may want to take advantage of this.
To understand how this works, let's use a simple example:
- Right-click the ground, and choose Create on the pie menu.
- Click the ground again to rez a generic cube.
- From the build tools, select Create (also found in Tools > Select Tool > Create).
- Check Keep Selected so we can do the following steps repeatedly.
- Click the Copy selected checkbox. For now, check Center and uncheck Rotate.
- Now, click on the faces of the cube. Each time you do so, the cube is duplicated, aligned edge-to-edge with a previous cube.
With that explained, here's what the options do:
- Center - Copies are centered on the target object, which is useful for neat building in-a-line where you want objects to be aligned along two axes. Otherwise, objects will be placed edge-to-edge. Note that with curved prims like spheres, this means an edge will be touching, but won't interpenetrate (overlap).
- Rotate - Copies rotate to match the target object, instead of the original values the source object has. This can make it easier to line up something that's already at an angle.
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Warning: Rotate doesn't always work correctly and can leave gaps between objects, as described in this known issue. |
Since this build tool relies on Second Life's 3D space, watch this video to understand more. Note that it dates from an older version of Second Life where it was "Copy Selection" instead of "Copy selected", but the tool works the same:
<videoflash type="vimeo">http://vimeo.com/4168299%7C640%7C480</videoflash>