Use
componentTags to create membership tags to replace the
groupID nodes that are normally generated when deforming geometry.
Component Tags create a procedural, topology-independent workflow that lets you edit as you work, and declutters in the
Node Editor by eliminating unnecessary nodes.
Because
Component Tags let you name and separate out selections of components within geometry, use can use them to:
Note: If modeling faces, vertices, or edges is creating multiple
Component Tags with the same name, use the
Final Only option in the
Component Tag table Filter
menu to display the latest tag only. This option is active by default and only the last created tag is shown in the
Component Tags table.
- Add Component Tags
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- Select the geometry on a polygon on which you want to add a
Component Tag: faces, vertices, or edges. (To select components on geometry, press
F8 to enter Component mode, and Shift or Ctrl-select components.)
- In the
Attribute Editor, click the shape node tab of the geometry and expand the
Component Tags section. (The settings in this section are described in
Component Tags table.)
- Click the
Add icon
on the right side of the table to create an
unnamedTag entry.
- Right-click the new unnamedTag and select
Components >Replace to fill the tag with your selected components.
Note: You cannot combine different component types, for example faces
and edges, in the same
Component Tag selection.
- Right-click the
unnamedTag
Component Tag in the table and select
Components >
Rename. A window appears to enter a name for the Component Tag.
- Click
Ok.
- Delete or Rename Component Tags
- In the
Attribute Editor, click the geometry shape node and expand the
Component Tags section to view the
Component Tag table.
- Right-click the corresponding row in the table and select
Delete or
Rename. To edit the membership of a
Component Tag, see the steps for
Add/Remove, below.
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Note: Component Tags are included with some primitives by default. If you don't want them applied, go into the primitive Tab (for example, Cube1) in the
Attribute Editor
and turn off the
Component Tag Create option.
The default
Component Tags of polyCube1.
- Add/remove elements from a
Component Tag membership
- In the
Component Tags section in the
Attribute Editor, right-click the
Component Tag entry in the table and choose the following functions:
Option
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Function
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Replace
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Fills the
Component Tag membership with the selected components.
Note: You can only add/remove the same component type from a
Component Tag. For example, you cannot add
edges to Component Tag selection of
faces.
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Add/Remove
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Increases or decreases the
Component Tag membership by the selected components.
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Merge
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Creates a new
Component Tag from multiple selected tags.
Note: You cannot combine different component types, for example faces
and edges, in the same Component Tag selection.
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Duplicate
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Copies the selected
Component Tag.
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Clear
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Empties the
Component Tag membership. This lets you wipe out all the existing assignments of a
Component Tag, but keep the name so you can reuse it.
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Convert Tag Components
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Changes the select component type to Edges, Faces, or Vertices.
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