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Carrara 8 – Basic Users Guide
CHANGING THE WORKING BOX
Changing the working box does not affect your existing objects. The orientation of the working box applies only to subsequent
arrangement operations. You can change the working box in several ways to facilitate the assembly of your scenes:
Change plane colors to suit your personal preferences. For more information, refer to "Color Pickers."
Change the size of the working box to simulate the real-world size of your scene.
ALIGNING THE WORKING BOX
The working box is moveable and scalable, so you can set it at different
angles, change its size, and move it away from the origin. In some
cases, you might want to move the working box into other positions.
Aligning to an Object
You can move the working box so it aligns with an object or group of
objects. For example, if you are creating a spaceship, and one of the
wings is at an angle to the rest of the ship, you might want to work in
that angled coordinate system to easily maneuver objects relating to
the wing.
This feature aligns and repositions the working box around a selection,
which is useful for creating large scenes where you would otherwise
run out of grid. It is also useful for creating an object or a motion path
that is set at an angle to the overall orientation of the scene.
To send the working box to an object or group:
1. Select an object or group.
2. Choose View > Send Working Box to Object. Carrara sets the working box planes parallel to the
bounding box planes of the selected object or group bounding box. The coordinate systems of the working
box and the object (or group) are aligned.
You'll find it particularly useful to move the working box when you want to model or view a specific part of a vertex object. You
can also drag the planes of the working box separately. If you drag a plane far enough, you will drag the working box along
with it, re-centering the working box in the universe.
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