Tuesday, March 22, 2016

Modo: replicate surface of an item

Preference > Defaults > Mesh Items > Copy and Paste : Check 'Select Pasted Elements' and 'Deselect Elements before Pasting' both. 
import item into Modo using File -> import.
imported item gets displayed in the "Item List" tab.
select the item in the "Item List" tab, then "view -> fit selected" to focus the item in the 3d view.
select any of the component controls (vertices/edges/polygons).
right click context menu in the 3d view allows to choose different lasso select styles.
"right click + drag" to lasso select the specific surface you want to replicate.
"ctrl-c -> ctrl-v -> w" to copy, paste the selected surface and move it to different place. (or) "ctrl-c -> n -> ctrl-v" to copy, paste the selected surface to different plane.
"file  -> export as  -> stl" to save the model as stl file.

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