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Common Settings

Many tools share common options. They are listed on this page for reference.

Mask Falloff

When two sets of data blend together there are often falloff controls. These can be found across normalMagic in tools such as Normal Transfer, Surface Insert and Surface Project.

Masking Type

Boundary Edge Expand

Select vertices on the boundary edge and expand selection inwards with a linear falloff.

  • Expand Iterations: How many iterations to expand mask inwards.

Expand Boundary

Boundary Edge Distance

Select vertices based on their distance to a boundary edge with a linear falloff.

  • Start Distance: Distance at which vertices will get a value of 1.
  • End Distance: Distance at which vertices will get a value of 0.

Boundary Distance

Surface Distance

Select vertices based on their distance to the target geometry.

  • Start Distance: Distance at which vertices will get a value of 1.
  • End Distance: Distance at which vertices will get a value of 0.

Target Distance

Base Falloff

The falloff used for values between 0-1. Here it is being used in Surface Project:

Base Falloff

Falloff Curve

Bias the selection towards 1. Here it is being used in Surface Project:

Falloff Curve

Selection

Often we'll want to limit the effects of modifiers to certain areas. The "Selection" section is the same for many tools. It allows for partial selection and, when normals are stored on face corners, hard boundaries.

  • Vertex Group: Specify a vertex group to limit modifier's effect.
  • Face Group (Face Corner Only): Specify a vertex group that will have hard boundaries.
  • Material: Limit the modifier's effect to a specific material.
  • Invert: Invert selection.

Here we can see how Vertex Group and Face Group can be combined:

Selection Demo