3D Shape Menu Settings

Basics Tab

Depth field: Displays the level of depth (thus extruding the selection, making it three dimensional). Editable.
Depth Mode box: Select where the extruded geometry is positioned along the Z axis. Select Custom to set the distance from front to back manually.
Depth Centre field: Displays the position of the extruded geometry along the Z axis, as a percentage. Editable if Custom is selected in the Depth Mode box.

GMask Transparency box

Select how the transparency of an attached GMask is rendered.

Select:	To:
For 3D Shape Only	Render the GMask as if it were linked to the 3D Shape object only. In this case, the GMask blend mode is automatically set to 2 Intersect 1 (Inside) for optimal blending.
Render	Render the GMask globally in the Action scene. In this case, the GMask blend mode is automatically set to Add for optimal blending.
Do Not Render	Not render the GMask in the scene. In this case, certain GMask menu settings are hidden, such as Transparency, Intensity, Smoothing and Blending.

Spline Combination box

Select how multiple GMask splines attached to the 3D Shape object are combined.

Option:	Combination Pattern:
Intersection	Splines with the Hole button selected (in the GMask menu) are always rendered as a hole; other splines are rendered according to their relative position. Where two or more splines overlap, these rules apply: An even number of overlaps are rendered as a hole; whereas an odd number are rendered as filled.
Union	Splines with the Hole button selected (in the GMask menu) are always rendered as a hole; other splines are rendered filled, except for their intersection with holes.
Priority	Splines are rendered according to their status (hole or filled, depending on the state of the Hole button), and the GMask Priority list determines the proper combination pattern.

Multi Material button: Enable to create an Object Group node for each of the front, back, and extrude of the 3D object. You can then attach a different texture map to apply to the different surfaces.

Media Projection button: Enable to automatically add a Diffuse (and Axis) node to the 3D Shape node with its mapping type set to Projection.

Shape Boundary box

Select how an attached GMask's gradient is extruded. Available when an attached GMask is closed, and has an inner or outer gradient.

Select:	To extrude:
Only Spline	Just the original curve.
Only Gradient	Just the geometry between the gradients.
Spline And Gradient	Everything inside the outer gradient. Set automatically when a gradient is added.

Use Inner Gradients button: Enable to include the inner gradient when using the Spline And Gradient option in the Shape Boundary box. Disable if tessellation issues occur when using inner and outer gradients.

Profile Type box: Select which profile curve to display. Different settings may appear depending on the type selected.

Adaptive button: Enable to extrude based on an adaptive subdivision, adding smaller segments where there is a higher curvature. When disabled, the depth is divided into Max Samples slices of exactly the same size.

Tolerance field: Displays the point at which the extrusion is subdivided. Editable.

Samples field: Displays the maximum number of extrusion samples applied to the non-flat curves. Editable.

Centre X field: Displays the centre along the X axis that the scale and rotation curves use. You can also adjust the centre settings in the image window by dragging the crosshair. Editable.

Centre Y field: Displays the centre along the Y axis that the scale and rotation curves use. You can also adjust the centre settings in the image window by dragging the crosshair. Editable.

Parametric Position field: Displays the relative position of the start of the beveling. Editable.

Parametric Curvature field: Displays the roundness or curvature of the beveling. Editable.

Curvature Type box: Select the type of curvature to apply to the parametric curve.

Profile Curve: Displays the selected profile curve (bevel, scale, or rotation). Move and add points to the curve, as well as adjust the tangent handles to produce different effects with the extruded geometry. If you select a Parametric profile type, a separate read-only curve is displayed.

Parametric Bevel Curve: Read-only display of the parametric profile curve, based on the profile settings.

Keyframe Option box: Select an option for working with keyframes in the profile curve.

Interpolation Status field: Displays the interpolation type for the selected area of the curve. Non-editable.

Interpolation Type box: Select an interpolation type to define the shape of the profile curve between keyframes.

Note: The Profile curve for 3D Shape functions the same as that of 3D Text. For more information, see Using the Profile Curve With 3D Text.

The settings in the Geometry and UV Map tabs are the same as for the Geom node.