Add guides to geometry surfaces

Use the Add Guide to place guides on the surface of polygon meshes . XGen uses guides to position and populate mesh surfaces with default primitives and Archive primitives.

To add guides to the surface of selected polygons or polygon faces

1. Create a Description with Control the Primitives set to Placing and Shaping Guides.
2. From the XGen Window or Shelf, click the icon to access the Add Guide tool.

   When you hover the cursor over the selected surface, a circle icon appears, indicating that you can add guides to this area of the geometry.

3. Click the surface to place guides.
   NoteTo Increase or decrease the radius of the Add Guide tool, press theB key while dragging.

   Guides for the selected Primitive type appear on the surface of the geometry.

   

After placing guides on the surface, you can:

• Preview generated primitives.
• Shape the guides.
• Mirror guide position and shape.
• Copy and paste guide shape.
• (for spline primitives ) Use XGen Utilities to further modify the guides.
• Control primitives using sliders and expressions.

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