[Bf-docboard] Fw: suggested definitions for the Blender glossary: active, selected, EditMode, ObjectMode

Sun, 27 Jul 2003 09:33:53 -0700

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"ObjectMode" sounds good to me. I have revised my suggested definitions =
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- Tim

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<h3>active</h3>=0A=
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<blockquote>(the object that is) in <a href=3D#EditMode>EditMode</a> or =0A=
is immediately switchable (usually by TAB) to EditMode =0A=
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<p>No more than one object is active at any moment.=0A=
Typically, the most recently <a href=3D#selected>selected</a> object is =
active. =0A=
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<a name=3DEditMode>=0A=
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<h3>EditMode</h3>=0A=
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<blockquote>the graphical mode for making changes within an object=0A=
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<p>Blender has exactly two modes for making changes graphically. =0A=
EditMode allows changes within an object (moving, scaling, rotating,=0A=
deleting, and other operations on <a href=3D#selected>selected</a>=0A=
vertices in the <a href=3D#active>active</a> object).=0A=
By contrast,=0A=
<a href=3D#ObjectMode>ObjectMode</a> allows changes to entire objects =
(operations on selected objects).=0A=
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<a name=3DObjectMode>=0A=
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<h3>ObjectMode</h3>=0A=
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<blockquote>the graphical mode for making changes to entire objects=0A=
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<p>Blender has exactly two modes for making changes graphically. =0A=
ObjectMode allows changes to entire objects (moving, scaling, rotating,=0A=
deleting, and other operations on <a href=3D#selected>selected</a> =
objects).=0A=
By contrast,=0A=
<a href=3D#EditMode>EditMode</a> allows changes within an object =0A=
(operations on selected vertices in the <a href=3D#active>active</a> =
object).=0A=
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<a name=3Dselected>=0A=
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<h3>selected</h3>=0A=
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<blockquote>(an object chosen to be) a target of operations (in <a =
href=3D#ObjectMode>ObjectMode</a>)=0A=
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<p>At any moment, each object is selected =0A=
or deselected (inert) =0A=
or <a href=3D#active>active</a> (which means selected, and also editable =
at the vertex level).=0A=
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