Front Relief
Front Relief
The
Front Relief item controls the relief-layer
stack that makes up the model's front surface.
The availability of this feature is license dependent.
If you are working with a rotary relief,
is displayed in place of
.
To display a relief-layer stack, click
beside the
Front Relief or
Back Relief item. By default, each stack
contains one
Relief Layer, but you can create as many as
required. The only limit is the memory of your machine.
When the
Front Relief or
Back Relief item is selected, the
relief-layer stack tools are displayed below the splitter bar. These tools
enable you to create a new relief layer, import a layer, save the composite
relief, send the composite relief to the Relief
Clipart Library, or merge visible relief layers:
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Button |
Function |
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Click the New Relief Layer button to create a relief layer. |
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Click the New Relief Layer Group button to create a relief-layer group. |
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Click the Import Relief Layer button to import a relief layer. |
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Click the Save Composite Relief button to save the visible content of the 3D view as a composite relief. |
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Click the Send to Relief Clipart Library button to send the visible content of the 3D view to the Relief Clipart Library. |
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Click the Merge Visible Relief Layers button to merge the visible relief layers to create a layer. |
When you click an individual relief layer, additional tools are displayed below the splitter bar to help you manage each layer, and control how each layer interacts with the other layers in the stack:
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Button |
Function |
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Click the New Relief Layer button to create a relief layer. |
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Click the New Relief Layer Group button to create a relief-layer group. |
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Click the Import Relief Layer button to import a relief layer. |
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Click the Export Relief Layer button to export the selected relief layer. |
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Click the Move Layer Up button to move the selected relief layer up. |
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Click the Move Layer Down button to move the selected relief layer down. | |
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Click the Duplicate Relief Layer button to duplicate the selected relief layer. | |
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Click the Transfer Relief Layer button to transfer the selected relief layer to the opposite relief-layer stack. |
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Click the Create Bitmap Layer button to create a bitmap layer from the selected relief layer's content. | |
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Click the Send to Relief Clipart Library button to send the visible content of the 3D view to the Relief Clipart Library. |
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Click the Delete Relief Layer button to delete the selected relief layer. |
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Name |
Rename the selected relief layer. |
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Combine Mode |
Set the combine mode for the selected layer. |
Click the lightbulb icon beside the Front Relief item or an individual
layer to control its visibility.
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