Surface groupings

Merge and unmerge surfaces

Icon Function Description
Merge surfaces

Allows you to create a single surface from the selected surfaces. This function share UV unfolding and lightmaps in particular.
Unmerge surfaces Retrieves initial surfaces from Merge Surfaces function.

UV unfolding and lightmaps are lost with the functions below:

  • Merge surfaces
  • Unmerge surfaces

Create and dissociate a set of objects

new features in Patchwork 3D Design 2019.2 X4.
new features in Patchwork 3D Design 2019.2 X4.
Icon Function Description
Create a
set of objects 		Creates a group of objects in which all of the selected objects will keep their initial states. This is called creating a set of objects.
Dissociate a
set of objects 		Dissociates a set of the objects.
  • Create a set of objects saves the selection in the Selection editor. Cf. Selections (Editor).
  • Doing an operation on a set of objects it amounts to doing an operation on each object of the set.
  • Clicking on a surface of a set selects all objects.
  • Unlike the merge of surfaces this feature keeps all the properties of the surfaces.
  • Compared to a multiple selection, this feature adds the ability to assign a material to a set of objects.

Below are the shortcuts for creating and deleting a set of objects.

ActionShortcut
Create a set of objectsCtrl + G
Dissociate a set of objectsCtrl + Shift + G

A surface could belong to more than one set of objects.
In this case a contextual menu shows up to let you choose what set of objects you want to work on it.

Sets of objects can then contain kinematic objects, Bezier paths and mergers of surfaces.

Visual representation

A multiple selection of surfaces
With the Merge surfaces feature, the different geometries form only one surface and therefore have the same color.
The selection box is white.
With the Create a set of objects function all the objects keep their own color.
The selection box is pink.