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Use construction aids

How to use various features of StudioTools to create your model more efficiently.

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Snap to curves, points, or the grid

The snap modes "snap" or lock movement/placement of objects and points.

View and edit the construction history of an object

How to use edit an existing object by altering the history of how it was created.

Suspend and resume construction history updates

How to temporarily suspend updates of construction history to improve performance.

Delete construction history

Breaks the links between the picked object and any objects that you used to create it.

Use objects as templates

Templating is a very useful way of getting objects "out of the way" (so you don't accidentally pick or modify them), but still have them visible.

Work with the construction plane

How to switch between the world coordinate space and the coordinate space of a reference plane.

Automatically create symmetrical geometry

How to set a layer to automatically show the symmetrical half as you create one half of a model.

View or change the properties of objects and locators

Use the Information Window to view and edit information about the picked object(s).

Use selection handles to make picking easier

You can create selection handles to represent an object or group of objects. Picking the selection handle picks the objects it represents.

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