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<h1>Groups Window</h1>
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The <b>Groups Window</b> is used to add or remove model groups (collections
of faces)
You may also set which faces are in which groups and assign textures.
Select <b>Edit Groups</b> from the <a href="olh_mainwin.html">Main Window</a>'s
<b>Materials</b> menu.
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The combo box at the top of the window contains the names of all groups
in this model. You can select a group name and use the
face assignment buttons (<b>Assign As Group</b> and <b>Add To Group</b>)
to set which faces belong in this group.
You may also use the <b>Select Faces In Group</b> button to
select the faces that belong to the group (this will clear any selected
vertices and faces) and the <b>Unselect Faces In Group</b> button
to unselect (other selected faces and vertices will remain selected).
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To add a new group click the <b>New</b> button and enter a name (names do
not need to be unique, though duplicate names may be confusing for other
people using this model).
The name is limited to 31 characters.
To remove a group from the model, select the group name in the combo box
and click the <b>Delete</b> button.
Note that deleting a
group in this window does not delete any faces that are in the group.
This only deletes the group name.
To rename a group click the <b>Rename</b> button.
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The <b>Smoothness</b> slider allows you to change how smooth the surface
of the polygons of the group appear (this does not change the position of
vertices, it only affects the normals used for lighting calculations). A
smoothness of 0 will show all the polygons as flat polygons. A smoothness
of 100 will make the polygons appear as smooth as possible in viewports
with smooth polygon shading enabled.
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The <b>Max Angle</b> slider allows you to change specify the maximum
angle that will automatically be smoothed. Faces that share an edge at
an angle greater than this angle will be drawn as a sharp edge. Faces
that share an edge at an angle less than this angle will be drawn as
a rounded edge (this does not change the position of
vertices, it only affects the normals used for lighting calculations).
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To assign a texture to a group, select the group name in the group combo
box and select a texture name in the texture combo box. A preview of
the texture image will be displayed in the frame below the texture combo
box.
You can also use the <a href="olh_properties.html#group">Group Properties</a>
panel to assign a material to a group without opening the <b>Groups Window</b>.
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Press <b>Ok</b> to keep your changes or press <b>Cancel</b>
to ignore any changes.
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<h2> See Also </h2>
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<li><a href="olh_groupdetails.html">Groups</a></li>
<li><a href="olh_materialdetails.html">Materials</a></li>
<li><a href="olh_texturewin.html">Materials Window</a></li>
<li><a href="olh_texturecoorddetails.html">Texture Coordinates</a></li>
<li><a href="olh_texturecoordwin.html">Texture Coordinates Window</a></li>
</ul>
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