
Symbols	# comment symbol in Toggle Cut-in Options window 497 curves in Surface Geometry information window, 385 segments in Surface Geometry information window, 385 .AliasBrowserPrefs file, changing location of dumpster 77 .AliasPrefs file 532
Numerics	3D paint textures, importing 126 3DFACE entities in DXF 108
A	ABS Keybd Entry option in Interface Options window, 530 mode and keyboard input, 13 absolute mode and Xform Scale, 183 mode, 13 absolute addressing mode and Xform > Move 176 action window updating modeling windows from 526 action, undoing 209 activating modifier buttons using keyboard, 17 active items deselecting 148 active window 43 add Set Editor 283 add members Modify menu 279 addressing mode and Xform > Move 176 changing default 15 switching, 15 Adobe Illustrator options in File > Open 101 Advanced Scene Block Diagram window 350 Alias 517 introduction 6 menus, 19 promptline history window, 22 setting tool palette and shelf layout 505 system information 60 termination without warning 7 using mouse with 11 Alias Preferences Editor 532 Alias shell window 581 Alias windows minimizing 582 All 490 and 445 angle of camera twist 459 yaw/pitch 465 angular dimensions viewing in Information window 379 angular units, viewing 46 animation automatic drawing precision 519 IK settings sync geom after write SDL 525 parameters copying channels 218 playing back in Multi- lister 57 polygon-based, exporting data to 132 annotations deleting from character page 376 application Input Options in external applications window, 608 output options 609 running external in Alias 608 windows and Stage Editor window, 416 arc drawing in Toggle Cut-in Options window 496 viewing information 387 arrow keys transforming objects with, 11 with Ctrl key 15 with Shift key 15 Size slider in Interface Options window, 531 arrow size in interface options window 531 ASBD window 350 and marking menus 375 annotating character pages 377 button bar 376 collapsing DAG nodes in 372 dollying 377 editing in 353 Filter menu 367 grouping and ungrouping 355 information line 360 layout 356 menus 361 minimizing 378 navigating 355 rearranging DAG nodes 376 removing annotations from character page 376 selecting objects 353 tracking in 377 viewing layers 239 ASCII text editor 543 aspect (resolution) 46 aspect ratio of window 495 asterisks pivot points 313 attributes of layers, enabling 270 auto picklist Set lister 278 automatic drawing 519 axes information, viewing 381 local setting 202 azimuth angle varying with Cameras 475 azimuth/elevation manipulating to keep point in center of perspective view 462
B	back view 435 background color options in User Colors window, 513 background color editing 55 bigger making an object 183 bitpad Pointing Dev option in Interface Options window, 530 blend curves updating construction history 526 blended surfaces controlling construction history updates during playback 525 Blinn shader changing to 57 defining size of 57 bones changing style of 297 picking 155 SBD representation 346 bounding box displaying in ASBD window 373 information 381 using to display objects 304 box drawing, in Toggle Cut-in Options window 496 viewing all of text 9 bull's eyes pivot points 313 buttons in User Colors window, 516 on screen, 17 standard for option windows 41
C	caching animated images in Multi- lister 57 camera viewpoint positioning 461 rotating using cursor keys 462 cameras clipping plane 500 clone icon 502 deleting 319 dolly non proportional scaling 468 perspective gain 470 proportional scaling 467 using mouse 468 viewing options window 469 dolly icon 467 field of view changing with cameras 482 in azimuth/elevation options window 463 in twist options window 460 in yaw/pitch options window 465 om dolly viewing options window 470 frustum 492 functions and Layouts User windows 445 grouping 223 hierarchical representation in SBD window 337 icon for, 482 in azimuth/elevation options window 462 in new perspective window 441 in twist options window 459 in yaw/pitch options window 465 information window 393, 394 introduction 450 local move camera azimuth/elevation 461 twist 458 yaw/pitch 464 look at 455 match perspective, tip for using, 488 moving forward or backward 467 new perspective 489 operations undoing last 485 perspective changing display 490 matching to image plane 487 picking 45 placing in scene with QuickShading 307 positioning in dolly viewing options window 470 preserved with Delete > Del Windows 324 previous and camera switcher icon, 485 revolving 475 revolving/rotating about center of interest 461 rotating view 462 scaling using mouse 469 seeing as you modify 459 switcher icon and Cameras Previous 485 switching 45 switching in perspective window 46 using cursor keys to rotate (yaw/pitch) cursor keys 465 using cursor keys to twist 458 using mouse with 9 viewpoint 464 viewpoints positioning 477 world move camera dolly 467 track options 473 tumble options 477 World move camera, 471 Tumble, 475 world move camera, Track 471 zoom options 483 cameras palette look at 341 reset view 486 center of interest perspective view identifying center of interest 462 centering in on objects 455 centroids of primitives 193 channels copying 218 checkpointed wire files setting number of 534 checkpoints enabling frequency of 534 click with mouse 10 click-drag with mouse 10 clipboard 73 clipping planes and plotting 598 and Preferences Window defaults 445 setting positions of 500 clockwise turning view 459 clusters controlling when updates are displayed 524 definition 170 deleting empty 326 limitations when copying instances of 220 picking 170 collapsing DAG nodes with Ungroup 227 color shade option 497 color editor opening for multi-lister 55 colors assigning to layers 236 choosing for use in Alias interface 511 editing 55 shades from Toggle Cut-in Options window 497 comment symbol in Toggle Cut-in Options window 497 complex models optimizing display of 522 complexity addressing with SBD window 337 components picking 152 with pick walker, 15 compressing SBD window display 340 configuration 445 files for windows 445 for modeling windows customizing default 445 modeling windows default 445 options changing with Preferences Interface options, 528 options window 528 configuration files for windows 445 confirmation boxes description 51 console window 6 minimizing 7 constraints controlling automatic drawing precision 519 controlling when updates are displayed 524 construction history and Xform > Move 179 controlling automatic drawing precision 519 controlling when updates are displayed 524 maintaining, 319 context-sensitive help 60 control hulls picking 169 control icons 45 control vertices designating CVs as 196 control vertices (see CVs) 167 control window 288 control windows how to use 42 Multi-lister 55 controls (of window) viewing hidden text 9 coordinate system setting preferences for 534 coordinates minimum and maximum world space 381 world-space default 13 coordinates, world space and rotation 180 copy geometry and lights 215 objects 211 text into text boxes 9 correcting mistakes 209 counterclockwise turning camera 459 create set Modify menu 280 creation layer 240 Crv button, 18 Ctrl key with arrow keys and pick walking, 15 Current 314, 491 cursor locating 8 moving 8 cursor keys 476 using to twist cameras 458 with Cameras 472 curvature variations in viewing options window 470 curve geometry information window, 386 curves deleting 330 drawing in digitize mode 54 drawing with digitizing tablets 53 examining CVs with cameras 456 hierarchies simplifying with Ungroup 227 identifying 296 in quick wire mode screen refresh speeding up 298 making delicate changes to 175 picking 149 setting pivot points for 193 using mouse to create new 9 curves menu curves Digitize 53 curves-on- surface picking with pick walker 16 curves-on-surface changing display of 297 disappear with quick wire 298 ensuring all are picked when trimming 297 in SBD window 344 moving 176 picking 161 with mouse 11 pivots cannot be set 195 rotating 180 scaling 183 specifying as valid trim curves 538 customizing default configuration for modeling windows with Preferences Window defaults, 445 cut 211 cut-in information 494 cutin.dat file 498 cutting objects 211 CVs 16 centering on screen 456 disappear with quick wire 298 displaying 288 drawing style 537 examining on surface, curves, or objects using cameras 456 moving in normal or tangential direction 174 moving with Xform > Move 176 picking 167 picking invisible 168 pick-walking between, 15 pivots cannot be set 195 removing display of with Pick > Template 294 transformations with Ungroup 227 transforming those around one CV 196 turning display off for optimization 522
D	DAG nodes behavior for External Applications window 610 collapsing in ASBD window 372 collapsing with Ungroup 227 deleting dangling 326 effects of Xform > Local> Set local axes 204 for skeletons in SBD window 346 grouping 342 picking 155, 156 pick-walking between 15 rearranging 339 rearranging in ASBD window 376 removing from hierarchy with Ungroup 225 representation of instances 220 setting rotation amounts 203 templating 341 transforming 187 dark surfaces with Quick Shading 307 dashed lines setting 297 data saving using filters, 120 deactivating modifier buttons using keyboards, 17 default 445 default layer 240 defining default configuration for modeling windows 445 for views 445 deformations limitations when copying instances of 220 deforming surfaces (including trimmed surfaces) 174 deforming objects non proportional scaling 468 degree in Surface Geometry information window, 384 Delete menu 318 Del active 319 Del all objects 330 Del image planes 323 Del null nodes 326 Del selection handles 321 Del windows 324 delete set Modify menu 280 deleting 318 all objects 330 layers 260 picked active items 319 sets 274 windows and cameras independently 47 deselecting all active items 148 items with mouse, 10 objects 144 device video, specifying 539 devices, peripheral setting 532 digitizing tablet switching to mouse 8 digitizing tablets using 53 dimensions increasing for an object 183 of window, changing 51 viewing in Information window 379 directories creating and deleting in File Browser 81 moving in File Browser 71 shortcuts to in File Browser 80 viewing size in File Browser Menu 82 viewing with File Browser 69 display speeding up refresh time with quick wire 298 Tgl camera, 493 display toggles window toggles window sync 454 DisplayObject menu Bounding box 304 DisplayTgls menu Model 309 ObjectToggles Image planes 305 pivots 313 Selection handles 315 Shade 306 Window Toggles Tgl cut-in 494 displaytgls menu Tgl camera camera 490 displayTgls tools and Preferences Window defaults, 445 dolly in on specific object 455 non proportional scaling 468 proportional scaling 467 dolly icon 467 in modeling windows 46 dolly in using mouse 468 dolly out using mouse 468 dolly viewing options window 469 dollying how to use 49 using mouse 9 double-sided shading platform support 306 drag mode in interface options window, 530 drawing controlling precision of 519 increasing speed 58 setting precision 521 drawing style for CVs and vertices 537 for joints 537 dumpster emptying 78 location of 77 dumpster, specifying location for 540 duplicate objects options window 216 duplicating geometry and lights 215 objects using Edit Cut, Copy, and Paste, 211 windows with Cameras clone, 502 DXF files importing with Open Options window, 91 limitations when exporting 129 open options 89 specifying options for Save as 108 DXF color and Alias shaders 91 DXF Options window 89
E	Edit points pick-walking between, 15 edit copy, 211 ungroup 225 edit menu duplicate object 215 out, copy, and paste 211 reinvoke last 210 undo 209 ungroup 225 Zero transforms 187 edit point viewing information on 389 edit points disappear with quick wire 298 displaying 288 moving with Xform > Move 176 picking 158 removing display of with Pick > Template 294 turning display off for optimization 522 Edit set 282 editing Alias preferences 532 sets Set Editor 282 Set lister 280 turned off with quick wire 298 editing, 16 editor opening for item in multi- lister 55 editor for text, specifying 543 elevation angle varying with Cameras world move camera tumble, 475 Encapsulated PostScript Options window in Open Options window, 100 encrypted string obtaining 60 enlarging windows 44 enlarging view 467 environment variables use in file paths 72 Errlog window, viewing 605 error log, viewing 605 error messages, viewing 605 Euler rotation angles, incrementing 181 exclude lights (look at options) 457 exclusive Members New set 274 Set Type 282 Exit button 41 expanding objects 183 expanding SBD window display 340 Export Active Options window, 129 expressions controlling when updates are displayed 524 time offsets ignored with Edit > Duplicate object 218 External 608 external applications lister specifying file location for 540 External Applications window 608 External Filter save options 120 external filter options in File > Open 101 External Filters lister in File > Open and File > Save, specifying file location 540 eye in viewing options window, 473, 478 in zoom options window, 483
F	facetted curves and surfaces, smoothing during plotting 598 Fast Render window changing from positional to velocity control 58 field of view of camera changing with cameras zoom, 482 File Browser displaying icons or text 78 icon mode 74 menu 75 opening files in 84 scrolling in 71 sorting 79 using shortcuts in 80 file browser changing path or filename 57 File Browser, description 68 file formats retrieving 86 table 86 file lister specifying default paths for 540 file lister window printing files from 586 File menu show file references 599 file menu export active as 128 polygons 132 import file 122 paint textures 126 new 83 open 84 output plot 587 print 585 save 103 save as 103 show errlog 605 list 68 file names cycling through with Tab key 72 File Reference List 599 File Requestor buttons in 74 introduction 72 viewing pix file from 602 filenames changing for file browser 57 limitations when exporting 129 rules for saving files 104 viewing and changing path in File Reference List 599 files creating 83 cutin.dat 498 deleting from File Browser 77 duplicating in File Browser 77 for user options 517 improting 122 moving from one directory to another in File Browser 77 moving in File Browser 71 moving several at once 71 opening 84 picking with File Requestor Window 72 Requestor and Window Defaults Options window, 446 opening 517 selecting with File Browser 70 type of displayed in File Browser 79 Filesystem Options window in Alias Preferences window, 539 film output, specifying QCR options for 541 filter options, external 101 filters 540 adding to system 101, 120 definition 85 writing in OpenModel 120 filters, using to save data, 120 filters, used when opeing files 84 fit to view (look at options) 457 floating point numbers in Toggle Cut-in Options window 495 focal planes, setting for cameras 500 format images printing 585 freezing of Alias system Xwindow Minimize button 582 from 462 Frustum toggling display of with Display Tgl camera, 490 frustum Display in Toggle Camera Options window, 491 frustum of camera 492 full frustum display option in toggle camera options window, 492 function reinvoking last 210
G	geometry applying transformations to hierarchy 187 bounding boxes, using for 304 can't edit in quick wire format 298 compression of 340 creating copies 215 instanced, copying 219 moving 176 representing by bounding boxes 304 global coordinate system in Move Options window 178 Go button 42 grid button, 18 creating in perspective view 494 drawing from Toggle Cut-in Options window 497 mesh size 46 spaces and preferences Window defaults, 445 group Encapsulated Postscript Options window option in Open Options window, 100 group of objects, picking components from 152 Group Options window 223 grouping and NULL nodes 224 copied geometry with original geometry 217 objects in SBD window 342 groups picking 149 ungrouping 225
H	Half Frustum Display option in Toggle Camera Options window, 492 handles selection, new 229 Help menu 59 hiding image planes 305 windows 44 hiding objects 292 hierarchical animation copying with Edit > Duplicate 218 hierarchies removing DAG nodes from with ungroup 225 hierarchy level of SBD window affecting by grouping 223 hierarchy of joints picking lowest joints in 156 high degree curves and surfaces, definition 103 horizontal changing camera view 464 rotating camera about azimuth 462 rotating camera around center of interest 461 scaling using mouse 469 scaling factor non proportional 468 horizontal manipulation with mouse 9 horizontal tracking 46 host for plotting, specifying 546 Hot keys, 547 invoking with Preferences Edit menus/hot keys, 547 local axes, 560 hot keys specialized functions, 558 hot keys Shift+L warning 258 HP/GL plotting 594 HP-7475A plotters 598 hulls cannot edit with quick wire 298 displaying 288 picking 169 representing by bounding boxes 304 turning display off for optimization 522
I	IBM plotting 594 IBM 6182 plotters 598 Icon mode in File Browser 74 Icons window and Preferences Window defaults, 445 icons at top of modeling window 45 cameras 450 clone 502 close, reopening window 444 displaying in File Browser 78 examples of 78 in perspective window 43 making for File Browser Menu 76 Xform palette 172 icons bar in UNIX shell window 581 identifying file in file browser 70 IK handles controlling when updates are displayed 524 IK settings sync geom after write SDL 525 Illustrator from Adobe, options in File > Open 101 Illustrator Options window in Open Options window, 100 Image plane matching perspective camera to, 487 image viewing in File Browser 76 image plane adding to Magnify window 48 importing into Modeling window 123 Image planes cannot rotate 180 setting parameters for importing 124 uses of 123 image planes deleting 323 displaying and hiding 305 picking 162 referenced in file, viewing 599 image resolution 46 image resolution ratio 50 images Alias format, printing 585 resolution ratio 50 importing files 122 Importing DXF files with Open Options window, 91 Impressario specifying alternative printer 545 specifying alternative scanner 544 impressario printing with 585 incandescence editing 55 independent scaling of top, front, right views 470 Information line and Pick functions, 20 and wildcards, 20 information getting 60 Information window Attributes section 387 Edit Point 389 Line/Arc 387 Polyset 394 Polyset Vertex 395 Information windows using 380 input filters, when opening files 84 Instanced copies and compression 340 instanced geometry, copying 219 instances creating uninstanced copy of 219 limitations when copying 219 integers in Toggle Cut-in options window 495 interface Options window opening 528 setting colors for Alias 511 interface options window 458 arrow size 531 rotate 462 Invisibility with Layers 237 invisibility layers 261 invisible objects and plotting 598 invisible, making objects 292 isoparms cannot pick with quick wire 298 Items moving with mouse, 10 rotating with mouse, 10 scaling with mouse, 10
J	joints drawing style 537 picking 155 picking lowest in hierarchy 156 SBD representation 346 Jot, specifying alternative editor 543
K	Keybd Entry in Interface Options window, 530 Keyboard input in ALIAS, 11-18 to activate modifier buttons, 17 to move objects, 12 to rotate objects, 12 to scale objects, 12 using with Cameras Æ World move camera Æ Track, 471 with Cameras Æ World move camera Æ Tumble, 476 with Cameras Æ Zoom, 483 keyboard accessing System Info window from 61 cameras, using with yaw/pitch 465 combinations for common functions invoking with Preferences > Edit menus/hot keys 547 entering twist angle from 459 moving objects with 176 picking objects with 149, 157 keypoints displaying 288 keys modifier using with world move camera 479 keyword pick a curve on surface 11
L	Lambert shader defining size of specular highlights 57 large scenes, increasing drawing speed 58 last function reinvoking 210 layer bar hiding 270 Layer Stats Window 246, 248, 249 Layers and picking objects 243 animation playback 237 Attributes 236 visibility 237 Colors editing 244 playback 237 Select layers 257 states attributes 238 Toggle layers 270 layers and files 243 and stages 244 assigning 269 assigning colors 236 assignment 240 creating new 255 creation 240 default layer 240 definition 235 deleting 260 inactive 236 introduction 235 layers bar 251 picking 236 reference 236 saving 243 saving and retrieving 241 selecting multiple 241 selecting, problem with Shift+L hotkey combination 258 set creation layer 268 Set state 259, 263 setting attributes on or off 270 setting visibility 261 toggling between name and number 271 viewing in SBD 239 workflow 244 layers bar removing 270 Layers menu graying out 270 Tgl layer bar 270 Tgl layers 270 Tgl Name/Number 271 layout setting tool palette and shelf 505 layouts viewing windows 435 Layouts menu all windows 435 new camera 489 New window 441 Reopen 444 Lcl Axes, 314 Display in Toggle Pivots Options window, 314 leaf geometry transformation during grouping 224 left mouse button 8 lights creating copies 215 deleting 330 hierarchical representation in SBD window 337 picking 149 picking all 163 placing in scene with QuickShading 307 won't illuminate when templated 295 Lights, illuminating scenes with, 429 line viewing information 387 linear dimensions viewing in Information window 379 linear units, viewing 46 List menu Set lister 279 loading plug-ins 399 local axes changing 179 displaying 203 displaying permanently 179 in Move Options window 179 moving objects along 203 of picked objects, displaying permanently 182 setting 202 local pivots setting 193 locators controlling automatic drawing precision 519 controlling when updates are displayed 524 log error, viewing 605 look at icon 455 look at options exclude lights 457 fit to view 457 look at options window 457 looking at a specific object 455 looking at active item in SBD window 456 LP destination name for plotter 546
M	machine using particular for rendering 535 machine set-up information getting 60 Mag button, 18 Magnify icon in modeling windows 45 Magnify window 48 magnifying how to use 47 Manipulating active items with mouse, 10 marking menus in ASBD window 375 mask pick 154 viewing in File Browser 76 Match perspective 487 Members exclusive 274 multiple 274 New set 274 Menu in Alias, 19 menu layout setting initial preferences for 534 mesh size of grid 46 messages error, viewing 605 middle mouse button 8 minimizing the Alias interface 582 misc_data directory video device configuration in 539 mistakes undoing 209 Mode absolute and Xform Scale 183 Set lister 281 mode absolute addressing, 13 digitizing 53 relative addressing, 13 and Xform >Scale, 183 model speeding up display of with quick wire 298 modeling picking joint nodes 155 setting preferences for 536 speeding up with bounding boxes 304 modeling window control icons 45 deleting 324 modeling windows controlling display of 443 opening all 44 setting colors for 511 Modelling window guides, using image planes for 123 Models building with stages, 404 large redrawing speed 476 models displaying on television screen 494 managing with layers 235 optimizing display of 522 plotting 587 wireframe display, toggling 309 Modifier buttons and positioning operations, 17 modifier buttons activating, 17 deactivating, 17 modifier keys using with world move camera 479 Modify menu add members 279 create set 279 delete set 280 remove members 279 Set lister 279 motion Precision and Cameras World move camera Tumble, 476 setting precision for 521 motion precision 458, 467 Mouse 471 using with Cameras Æ World move camera Æ Tumble, 476 mouse adjusting sensitivity in Move CV Normal Options window 175 buttons 8 buttons, 11 click-drag and click 10 deselecting items with, 10 manipulating active items with, 10 movement control in modeling windows 49 non proportional scaling 469 picking curve on surface 11 picking objects with 149, 157 scaling horizontally/ vertically 469 switching to digitizer tablet 53 switching to tablet 8 using with Alias 11 with Cameras Zoom, 482 using in orthographic windows 9 using to change camera view 464 using to dolly in/out 468 using to rotate camera about center of interest 461 using with Alias 8 using with common tools 8 using with pick tools 146 moving along local axes 203 camera forward or backward 467 camera dolly 467 items with mouse, 10 objects, keyboard input for, 12 picked items 176 selection handles 205 using mouse 9 windows 44 multi Set Type 282 Multi-lister control windows 55 defining size of specular highlight in 57 opening control windows 55 playing back animation 57 selecting items in 55 selecting multiple items in 56 texture editor, keeping texture menu open in 56 multi-lister opening color editor for item in 55 opening editor for item in 55 multi-pick 147 multiple Members New set 274 multiplicity factor, viewing in CV Information window 391
N	Naming new stages in Stage Editor window, 427 negative scale value 468 New directory Directory button menu option, 81 new file, creating 83 New selection handle 229 New set options 274 members 274 nodes cluster, picking 170 NULL, and grouping 224 picking joint 155 removing from a hierarchy with ungroup 225 Non 468 non proportional scaling 468 in viewing options window 470 using mouse 469 non-proportional scaling 185 non-rational curves and surfaces, definition 103 normals moving CVs in direction of 174 null DAG nodes deleting 326 Numerical feedback 20 NURBS surface polygonal representation in SBD window 344
O	OBJ limitations when exporting 129 Options window in Save Options window, 110-115 OBJ, file format name conventions, 97 Options window in Open Options window, 93 Object Copy, 211 Cut, 211 Display Tgl template, 295 Paste, 211 object separated triangle format 135 ObjectDisplay menu Compress SBD 340 control 288 Invisible 292 Quick wire 298 Quick wire option 298 Template 294, 341 Visible 293 Objects keyboard input for moving, 12 rotating, 12 scaling, 12 picking with pick walker, 15 saving a view of and Cameras Clone, 502 templated picking, 157 transforming with arrow keys, 11 objects appear lighter in quick wire mode 298 bounding box display 304 centering in on 455 changing orientation of local axes 202 copying and positioning 216 cutting, copying, and pasting 211 deleting 319 deleting all 330 displaying local axes 203 examining CVs with cameras 456 grouping into a more complex object 221 grouping to themselves 223 hiding 292 hiding with inactive layers 236 hiding with templates 295 hierarchical representation in SBD window 337 invisible, and plotting 598 making visible again 293 moving along local axes 203 picking 149, 160 picking all 163 picking components from a group of 152 picking with mouse 10 placing in scene with QuickShading 307 projecting textures on 206 QuickShaded, displaying 306 realigning to world space coordinates 180 rotating 180 rotating around local axes 203 scaling non- proportionally 185 scaling proportionally 183 selecting and deselecting 144 setting all underlying DAG nodes to reflect a transformation 187 setting pivot point for rotation and scaling 193 templated, and plotting 598 transforming 172 transforming with QuickShade on 306 turning into templates 294 unpicking with mouse 10 Off Frustum Display option in Toggle Camera Options window, 491 offsetting images in Show > Pix 604 online documentation context sensitive 60 Opening Interface Options window, 528 Toggle Camera Options window, 490 Viewing Options window, 477 Zoom Options window, 483 opening all modeling windows 44 control windows in Multi- lister 55 specifying filter for file list 540 opening files 84 OpenModel and File>External apps 608 writing filters in 120 operation, undoing 209 operations selecting files for 71 optimizing display of complex models during updates 522 option boxes restoring 518 restoring to default settings 518 Options 490 options New set 274 members 274 Set lister 281 mode 281 orientation changing for local axes 202 Orthographic views and CamerasWorld move cameraTumble, 475 window and Cameras Zoom, 482 changing display of perspective camera in, 490 orthographic views scaling independently 470 orthographic window changing cameras 450 clipping planes in 501 orthographic windows hiding 443 using mouse buttons 9 Output Style in DXF Options window, 109 overlay providing in perspective view 494
P	page sizes 596 page sizes, standards 596 paint textures, importing 126 paper size, plotting 595 paper sizes 596 paper standards 596 parameters adjusting values with slider bars 39 in option windows 38 partial file name, resolving with Tab key 72 Paste Options window 211 Paste, 211 pasting objects 211 path changing for file browser 57 path of file viewing and changing in File Reference List 599 performance animation slowdown with trimmed surfaces 523 increasing drawing speed 58 modling enhancing with bounding boxes 304 QuickShading, enhancing 307 real time shading with QuickShading 306 screen drawing speed 458, 467 Performance Options window 519 peripheral devices setting 532 permissions and moving files in File Browser 72 perpendicular moving CVs in direction of 174 Perspective camera matching to image plane, 487 gain and Preferences Æ Window defaults, 446 Gain slider in Viewing Options window, 474 grid extent and Preferences Æ Window defaults, 445 window revolving cameras in, 475 zooming in, 482 perspective changing display of cameras 490 perspective camera positioning viewpoint 461 perspective gain in dolly viewing options window 470 perspective view 435 tilting 458 perspective window changing cameras 450 clipping planes in 501 creating new 441 deleting camera from 319 new camera 489 picture of 43 switching cameras 46 using mouse 9 perspective windows hiding 443 Phong shader defining size of 57 Pick Curve on surf use to pick curve on surface, 11 Edit point, and Display Control - O, 159 functions and information line, 20 objects and layers 243 Point types, 166 Walker, 15-17 Pick Component Mask 19 pick list removing objects from 146 Pick Mask 19 pick mask picking components 154 Pick menu Component 152 Pick palette 144 Edit point 158 Joints 155 Nothing 148 Object 149 Object Types 160 All obj/lights 163 Selection handle 164 pick tools modes 146 Picking all curves on surface of object with mouse, 11 all templates with Pick template, 157 components with pick walker, 15 CVs with pick walker, 16 edit points with pick walker, 16 Information line, 20 modes and picking image planes, 162 objects with pick walker, 15 templated objects with Pick Template, 157 picking 144 cluster nodes 170 components 152 control hulls 169 curve-on-surface with mouse, 11 curves-on-surface with pick walker 16 CVs 167 edit points 158 effects from grouping 223 image planes 162 joints 155 layers 236 moving picked items 176 objects 149, 160 objects with mouse 10 replace mode 146 toggling 146 picklist Set lister auto 278 update Set lister 278 Picklist Updating Set Editor 282 Pivot Options window 195 pivot point Xform > Rotate behavior 180 pivot points and scaling 183 and Xform > Nonp scale 185 toggling on and off 313 pivots information, viewing 381 setting for rotation and scaling 193 pix file viewing in File Browser 76 pix files converting to SGI RGB 585 viewing multiple 602 pix image, adding to Modeling window 123 pixel dimensions of window, changing 51 Place projection choice 206 planes clipping 500 focal, setting for cameras 500 planes, image deleting 323 Playback with Layers 237 playback controlling display of updates 524 controlling update of construction history during 525 of animation in the multi- lister 57 Plotter Configuration in Plotting Interface window, 594 plotting specifying options for 546 plotting wireframe models 587 Plug-in Manager 399 Point of interest of camera and Tumble Center option, 477 Point of Interest Manipulator 480 point of origin defaults for pivot points 193 point types picking clusters 170 points drawing in digitize mode 54 polygons displaying in SBD window 344 export format 136 export format (triangular) 134 exporting 132 surface options for in Proportional Modification Options window 199 viewing information on 394 polyline DXF save option 108 polyset vertex, viewing information on 395 viewing information on 394 polysets DXF save option 108 popup menus in option boxes 39 position in Edit Point information window, 389 of window, changing 51 viewing in CV Information window 391 position and size of window 51 Positioning operations and modifier buttons, 17 positioning objects while copying 216 Positions of windows and Preferences Window defaults, 445 Postscript plotting 594 precision setting for drawing 521 setting for motion 521 setting for warp 521 precision of automatic drawing 519 Preferences Æ Edit menus/hot keys, ??-561 preferences Edit marking menus 510 interface interface options window 458, 462 Long menus to display long menus 527 selection handles 315 setting for Alias 532 Short menus to display short menus, 527 Window defaults, 447 Window defaults-O to open Window Defaults Options window, 446 Preferences menu Interface Hotkeys/Menus 547 Palette/Shelves layout 505 User colors 511 Performance options 519 User Options Alias preferences 532 previous function reinvoking 210 primitives deleting 330 picking 149 setting centroids 193 printing Alias format images 585 specifying preferences 545 Priorities window and Preferences Window defaults, 445 problems viewing in Errlog window 605 with mouse 8 project setting in File Browser 81 projecting texture placement objects 206 prompt line 20 Promptline 22 Promptline History window closing 22 opening 22 Promptline History window, stowing, 22 promptline history window, 22 Proportional 467 proportional modification of an area of a curve or surface 196 Proportional Modification Options window 197 proportional scaling 183, 467 in viewing options window 470 Purpose 461, 464, 467, 485, 487 pyramid shapes, for bones 297
Q	QCR options 541 Quadrilateral output 133 Quick Render, button in File Browser 74 quick wire 298 speeding up display 298 quick wire mode, retrieving objects in 86 Quick Wire Options window 299 QuickRender and window Resize icon 51 QuickShade displaying objects in 306 when to use 306
R	radio buttons in option windows 38 rational curves and surfaces, definition 103 realigning objects to world space coordinates 180 redrawing screen increasing speed during azimuth/elevation operation 462 increasing speed during dolly operation 467 increasing speed during twist operation 458 increasing speed during yaw/pitch operation 464 refresh speeding up with quick wire 298 region specific, modifying 196 reinvoking the previous function 210 REL Keybd Entry option in Interface Options window, 530 mode and keyboard input, 13 Relative mode and Xform Scale, 183 relative addressing mode and Xform > Move 176 remote rendering, setting options for 535 remove Set Editor 283 remove members Modify menu 279 removing plug-ins 399 rendering remote, enabling 535 specifying machine used for 535 with stages 429 won't work for templates 295 reopening windows 444 Replace mode in picking 146 replacing file path 599 Reset button 41 resetting window to default view 486 resizing windows 44, 51 windows, icon for 46 resolution how displayed in Show > Pix 604 resolution of images 46 resolution, changing 51 Retrieving customized window files and Preferences Window defaults, 445 Window Configuration file and Preferences Window defaults, 447 retrieving saved files 84 Reuse Obj Names in Interface Options window, 530 reversing actions 209 Revolving cameras with Cameras Æ World move camera Æ Tumble, 475 revolving/rotating cameras about center of interest 461 right mouse button 8 right view 435 root DAG nodes effect of ungrouping 226 Rotate Options window 181 Rotating items with mouse, 10 objects keyboard input for, 12 rotating around local axes 203 objects in scene 180 using mouse 9 while copying objects 216 with QuickShade on 306 Rotation option in Pivot Options window, 195 rotation information, viewing 380, 381 setting absolute and relative amounts 203 setting pivot points 193 rotoscoping, using image planes for 123 round updates suppressing 526 rounded shapes, for bones 297
S	Safety Options window in Alias Preferences window, 534 Save 106 Options window 106 Save button 41 Saving window configuration files with Preferences > Window defaults, 445 saving files and wireframe scenes 103 option boxes settings with Preferences > Save options, 517 specifying filter for file list 540 SBD window additions with new perspective window 441 compressing and expanding 340 creating new camera 489 DAG nodes, picking 156 dashed lines representing invisible objects 292 deleting 324 deleting selection handles in 322 dollying around with cameras 456 grouping objects in 222, 342 looking at active item 456 overview 337 picking clusters 170 picking components 152 picking curves-on- surface 161 picking image planes in 162 picking joints with 155 picking objects in 149, 157, 337 rearranging DAG nodes 339 removing nodes with Ungroup 225 removing nodes with ungroup 225 Stage Editor window, using with 416 templating DAG nodes 295 viewing layers 239 Scale Factor Encapsulated Postscript Options window option, 100 Scaling items with mouse, 10 objects keyboard input for, 12 scaling detecting curvature variations 470 horizontal non proportional 468 information, viewing 380 invalid entries 468 negative value 468 non proportional 468, 470 non-proportional 185 proportional 467, 470 setting pivot point 193 using mouse 9, 469 vertical non proportional 468 while copying objects 216 with QuickShade on 306 scaling objects proportionally 183 scaling top, front, right views independently 470 scanner application, specifying 544 scene changing attributes with SBD window 337 picking all objects and lights 163 Scene Block Diagram ASBD window 350 scene information exporting 128 Scenes illuminating with lights, 429 rendered as SDL files, 430 scenes viewing with camera tools 450 screen increasing redrawing speed during azimuth/elevation operation 462 increasing redrawing speed during dolly operation 467 increasing redrawing speed during twist operation 458 increasing redrawing speed during yaw/pitch operation 464 speeding up refresh time with quick wire 298 scroll bar in File Browser, 69 SDL files of rendered scenes, 430 segment of file path, changing 599 segments viewing in Information window 386 Select 249 layers 257 Set lister 278 selecting items in Multi-lister 55 objects 144 windows 43 selection handle New 229 selection handles deleting 321 moving 205 viewing 315 set creation layer 268 Set Editor buttons add 283 remove 283 editing sets 282 picklist updating 282 set name 282 set type 282 window 282 Set lister editing sets 280 menus list 279 modify 279 options 281 mode 281 picklist auto 278 update 278 select 278 Set Listers 22 Set Local Axes Options window 203 Set Name Set Editor 282 Set Type exclusive 282 multi 282 Set Editor 282 sets 276 creating 274, 276 deleting 274 editing 276 Set Editor 282 Set lister 280 settings Alias preferences 532 shaded view displaying 306 shader setting default 535 shader ball editing background color 55 editing color 55 shaders referenced in file, viewing 599 with DXF 91 shading double-sided, platform support 306 won't work for templates 295 shelf setting layout 505 shell windows components of 6 Shift key with arrow keys and pick walking, 15 shortcuts in File Browser 80 Show List button in File Browser, 74 shrinking objects 183 shrinking view 467 shrinking windows windows shrinking 441 side view 435 simplifying hierarchies of DAG nodes with Ungroup 227 size of window, changing 51 size of paper, specifying during plotting 596 Sizes of windows and Preferences Æ Window defaults, 445 skeletons SBD representation 346 Sketch!, saving StyleGuides 100 slanted box item in multi-lister 57 slider zoom in azimuth/elevation options window 463 zoom in dolly viewing options window 470 zoom in twist options window 460 zoom in yaw/pitch options window 465 slider bars dragging 40 sliders in azimuth/elevation options window 462 in dolly viewing options window 470 in twist options window 459 in yaw/pitch options window 465 Sliding views horizontally or vertically with Cameras Æ World move camera Æ Track, 471 smaller, making an object 183 software problems viewing with Errlog window 605 solid lines setting 297 Sort By 248 space 478 space coordinates and Xform > Rotate 180 spans viewing in Information window 386 Spans, in Information window, 385 specifying file location 540 specular highlight defining in Multi-lister 57 speed increasing drawing 58 increasing screen redraw 458, 467 increasing screen redraw during azimuth/elevation operation 462 increasing screen redraw during yaw/pitch operation 464 splayTgls 454 splines viewing when changed to polygons 344 Sprite animation, 123 Stage Editor 404 Stage Editor Window 409 Stage Editor, invoking from File Browser 75 Stage Lister 22 Stages creating new 426 stages and layers 244 creating in Stage Editor window 428 rendering with 429 Stages, and windows in Stage Editor window, 416 creating new, 428 stages, using wire files as new 427 when used, 404 standard page sizes 596 state setting in layers 259, 263 statistics viewing in Information Window 379 Stats window deleting 324 storing files and wireframe scenes 103 Stowing Promptline History window, 22 stowing Alias windows 582 StudioPaint exporting images from with Clipboard 73 importing textures 126 StyleGuide options in File > Open 100 Subdivisions 445 supertextures, importing 126 surfaces deforming with Xform > Modify > Move CV normal 174 examining CVs with cameras 456 hierarchies simplifying with Ungroup 227 identifying, with Object Display > Line style 296 making delicate changes to 175 picking 149 representation in SBD window 344 setting pivot points for 193 too dark with QuickShading 307 transforming specific region of 196 Switching to REL mode, 13 switching addressing modes, 15 sync geom after write SDL 525 system directories specifying default paths for 540 System info window 60 system performance animation slowdown with trimmed surfaces 523
T	Tab key, using to cycle through file names 72 tablet switching to mouse 8 tangents moving CVs in direction of 174 viewing in information window 386 Telephoto lenses and Cameras Æ Zoom, 482 television commands in Toggle Cut-in Options window 496 television screen providing outline in perspective window 494 Templated objects picking, 157 templated geometry making active with Pick > Object types > All obj/ lights 163 templated objects and plotting 598 templates can't be rendered 295 can't be shaded 295 hiding 295 in stages, 430 lights won't illuminate 295 picking all with Pick template, 157 placing active objects in 294 setting which objects can be picked 538 templating representation in SBD window 341 termination of program without warning 7 text copy 9 picking 149 pringting, in Toggle Cut-in Options window 496 viewing hidden 9 text editor, specifying 543 texture menu keeping open in Multi-lister texture editor 56 textures hierarchical representation in SBD window 337 naming for export 134 referenced in file, viewing 599 textures, 3D paint, importing 126 textures, importing from StudioPaint 126 The 86 thumbnail icons, description 70 tilde (~) use in file paths 72 tiling tool palette and shelf layout 505 tilting perspective view 458 timewarps copying with Edit > Duplicate 218 tips for increasing drawing speeed 58 title bar in option windows 38 title barsof windows, hiding 443 To 211 to 477, 483 Toggle Camera Options window, 490-492 opening, 490 Layers 270 LocalAxes() hot keys, 560 Toggle Camera 490 Toggle Cut-in Options window 494 Toggle Model Options window 309 Toggle Pivots Options window 313 toggle type option in toggle pivots options window 313 toggles in option boxes and control windows 41 Toggling display of camera frustum, 490 toggling 146 toggling layers 270 tool palette setting layout 505 tools cameras 450 using mouse with 8 top view 435 Track 473 track icon in modeling windows 46 tracking how to use 49 tracking text 9 transformation information, viewing 380 transformation matrix of surfaces 201 transformations applying to all geometry of a hierarchy applying transformations to all 187 controlling display of 524 grouping objects for 221 transforming objects with arrow keys, 11 picking CVs 167 picking edit points for 158 undoing 209 Xform palette 172 translating with QuickShade on 306 translation information, viewing 380 while copying objects 216 triangle file, how to read 136 triangular output 133 triangular shapes, for bones 297 trim curves specifying curves-on-surface as valid 538 trimmed boundaries disabling display of 523 trimmed surfaces deforming 174 effect on animation performance 523 trimming ensuring all curves-on-surface are picked 297 making curves-on-surface valid for 538 using cuve-on-surface for 176 troubleshooting azimuth/elevation options window slider values 463 cursor not appearing on screen 8 cut-in file 498 dolly viewing options window slider values 470 dollying in perspective window 470 revolving view around center of interest 463 rotating (yaw/pitch) perspective view 466 screen redraw speed 458, 462, 464, 467 seeing camera as you modify it 459 sliders in azimuth/elevation options window 463 sliders in dolly viewing options window 470 sliders in yaw/pitch window 466 termination of program without warning 7 tilting/twisting perspective view troubleshooting 460 twist options window slider values 460 Utilities > Lower won't work in system freeze 583 yaw/pitch options window slider values 466 Tumble Center in Viewing Options window, 477 tumble icon in modeling windows 46 tumbling how to use 49 limited to perspective window 49 TV toggling in Toggle Cut-in Options window 495 twist cameras using cursor keys 458 twist angle 459 twist icon 458 twist options window 459 Typing values in ALIAS, 12
U	U in Edit Point information window, 390 Undoing last Views operation with Cameras Previous, 485 undoing actions 209 uninstanced copy of instance, creating 219 Units of measure saving default, 446 units of measure saving and Window Defaults Options window 446 UNIX using commands and External Applications window, 609 viewing root in File Browser 80 Unix file storage 68 UNIX shell 581 specifying type 543 UNIX window placing on top of stack of windows 581 UNIX windows components of 6 unpicking objects with mouse 10 Unpicking, all curves on surface of object with mouse, 11 unresolved path, determining 599 Up in Viewing Options window, 473, 478 in Zoom Options window, 483 update picklist Set lister 278 updates controlling display of 524 User Colors window, buttons in, 516 options 517 User Colors window 511 user interface setting colors for 511 Utilities menu Lower 583 Minimize 582 Raise 583 utilities menu UNIX shell 581
V	versions maintaining for wirefiles 534 vertex viewing information on for polysets 395 vertical changing camera view 464 ratio of window 495 rotating camera 462 rotating camera around center of interest 461 scaling using mouse 469 scaling factor non proportional 468 vertical manipulation with mouse 9 vertical tracking 46 vertices drawing style 537 viewing information on 394 video specifying device for 539 View 483 view bounding boxes, changing to 304 center tumble center option, 477 dollying in and out 46 enlarging or shrinking 467 in viewing options window, 473, 478 magnifying 45 of object saving with Cameras Clone, 502 rotating camera horizontally about azimuth 462 rotating camera vertically 462 specifying yaw/pitch angle 465 synchronizing in all windows with window sync 454 tracking vertically or horizontally 46 tumbling 46 view options window perspective gain 470 Viewing 473 Options window, 477-?? viewing Options window, 474 opening, 477 scenes with camera tools 450 viewing active item in SBD window 456 viewing options window 469 viewpoint of camera positioning 461 Views customizing default configuration for with Preferences Æ Window defaults, 445 defining default configuration for with Preferences Window defaults, 445 sliding horizontally, 471 vertically, 471 switching to alternate with Layouts New camera, 489 views 435 creating several 442 new camera 489 Visibility with Layers 237 visibility layers 261 visible, making objects 293
W	warp, setting precision for 521 weight, viewing in CV Information window 391 Wide angle lenses and Cameras Zoom, 482 Wildcards and information line, 20 Window configuration files creating with Preferences Æ Window defaults, 445 retrieving , 447 saving with Preferences Æ Window defaults, 445 icons and Preferences Window defaults, 445 Position Feedback in Plotting Interface window, 592 positions and Preferences Window defaults, 445 Preferences Window defaults, 447 priorities and Preferences Window defaults, 445 sizes and Preferences Æ Window defaults, 445 window creating several views 442 Set Editor 282 viewing hidden text in window control 9 window configuration files creating 445 window sync 454 window toggles window sync 454 Windows and stages 416 application and Stage Editor window, 416 duplicating with Cameras Clone, 502 modeling customizing default configuration for, 445 defining default configuration for, 445 SBD and Stage Editor window, 416 stats and Stage Editor window, 416 windows activating 7 changing position and size 51 closing 44 control 42 creating new 441 deleting 324 dollying in and out of view 46 enlarging 44 hiding 44 hiding title bars 443 icon for resizing 46 identifying active 436 magnifying view 45 managing on desktop 6 moving 44 placing UNIX on top of stack 581 reopening 444 resizing 44 SBD 337 sizes and position, returning to default 436 tracking view in 46 tumbling view 46 updating speed with QuickShading 307 viewing 435 views 435 Windows menu ASBD window 350 Information window 379 SBD 337 Winterm, specifying alternative to 543 Wire Options window in Save Options window, 108 wire file grid mesh size 46 viewing angular units 46 viewing linear units 46 wire files converting previous versions 88 using as new stages 427 wirefame exporting 128 wirefiles maintaining versions 534 wireframe saving 103 toggling to shaded view 306 wireframe display toggling 309 wireframes changing display to bounding boxes 304 workflow for layers 244 World Point in Viewing Options window, 478 Tumble Center option, 477 tumble center position and Preferences Æ Window defaults, 446 world camera functions,combining, 47 9 world-space coordinates default 13 write SDL sync geom after 525
X	X-axis and rotation 180 moving object along 179 Xform Move, 176 Move, and arrow keys, 11 Nonp scale, 185 Rotate, and arrow keys, 12 Scale, and arrow keys, 12 Xform actions undoing 209 Xform functions using pivots 313 Xform palette applying transformations to geometry with edit > Zero transforms, 187 icons 172 Local Set local axes 202 Set pivot 193 Modify Move CV normal 174 Nonp scale 185 Place projection 206 Proportional mod 196 Rotate 180 Scale 183 Xform tools limitations with templated objects 294 Xterm, specifying alternative to 543 Xwindow Lower button 583 Minimize button and Alias System freeze, 582 Raise button 583 Xwindows Stow button 582
Y	Y -up coordinate system and Layouts Æ Front, 440 yaw/pitch angles 465 yaw/pitch icon 464 yaw/pitch options window 465 Y-axis and rotation 180 moving object along 179 Y-up coordinate system setting preferences for 532
Z	Z -up coordinate system and Layouts Æ Front, 440 Z-axis and rotation 180 moving object along 179 zero count objects 135 Zoom Options window, 483 opening, 483 slider in Azimuth/Elevation Options window, 463 in Viewing Options window, 470, 473, 478 in Yaw/Pitch Options window, 465 in Zoom Options window, 484 zoom slider in azimuth/elevation options window 463 in dolly viewing options window 470 in twist options window 460 in yaw/pitch options window 465 Zooming in perspective window with Cameras Æ Zoom, 482 out in perspective window with Cameras Æ Zoom, 482 Z-up coordinate system setting preferences for 532

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