The Extract feature allows you to recover custom cross-sections that may have been deleted from the scene. As long as you have a Sweep object in the scene that uses the deleted shape as a custom cross-section, you can use Extract to restore the shape to the scene.
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Select a shape that already has a Sweep modifier using a Custom Section applied. >
Modify Panel > Section Type rollout > Click Extract.
In a large scene that has many objects and shapes, you can also use Extract if you want to quickly duplicate a section used by the sweep instead of searching for the original shape you used as the section.
Procedures
To extract a section from a sweep:
- In a viewport,
select a swept shape. - Go to the Modify panel and in the Section Types rollout
Custom Section Types group, click the Extract button. 3ds Max opens the Extract Shapes dialog.
- Enter a new name for the extracted section.
- Specify the type of cloned shape you want extracted; a copy, an instance or a reference.
- Click OK.
Interface
- Name
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This field shows the default name that will be given to the extracted section. By default, it always has the naming convention of Sweep_ShapeName01, Sweep_ShapeName02, and so on.
For example, if your missing section was named Roman-Ogee, the extracted shape will be named Sweep_Roman-Ogee01.
- Copy
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Places a copy of the extracted section at the global origin (0,0,0).
- Instance
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Places an instance of the extracted section at the global origin.
- Reference
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Places a reference of the extracted section at the global origin.