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Carrara 8 – Basic Users Guide
in your scene.
Object Browser/Sequencer Tray: The wide bottom-left box has two tabs that activate the sequencer tray (used for animation),
and the object browser (used for selecting and dragging
content into your scene).
MODEL ROOM
Depending on the version you have, Carrara software's
modelers use many of the tools standard to 2D drawing programs
and feature a variety of time saving utilities and tools,
so you can create complex spline-based, polymesh, and
metaball objects quickly and easily.
Modeler Types:
• Primitive modeler
• Vertex modeler
• Spline modeler
• Metaball modeler
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There are several different modelers in Carrara depending on
the version you have. The appropriate modeler opens in the
Model room when you add one of the many different types of primitive objects to your scene. When you double-click a primitive
object in the Assemble Room, Carrara switches to the appropriate modeler where you can model them.
Primitive Objects:
Text
• Particle Emitters
• Terrains (shown below)
• Plants
• Volumetric Clouds
• Old Volumetric Clouds
• Surface Replicators
• Replicators
• Hair
• Ocean
• Displacement modeler (Pro only)
To create the objects that go into the scene, you must use a
modeler. The Model room provides different modelers for
various types of objects, including Vertex and Text. Each
modeler has its own window, with individual tools and menu
commands.
The Model room allows you to model and edit the objects in
your scene using one of several types of modelers.
Property Editing:
• Fire
• Clouds
• Fountain
• Formulas
When you are using a modeler, you can view the entire scene
in the Scene Preview window. This helps you keep the object
in context. Refer to "The Interactive Renderer" to learn more
about using the Scene Preview window. Although the Modeling
and Assemble rooms look similar, there are a few ways you can tell which room you're in:
• The title of the room displays in the upper right corner of the screen, alongside the highlighted “wrench”
icon (right).
• The Room Switcher icon for the currently selected room is highlighted.
• In the Assemble room, all the objects in your scene are visible. In a modeler, only the object you're modeling is vis­
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