Modeling

Modeling Octal Menu

The modeling octal menu is the most complex one in the entire Octopus Menu system. This one has a lot of advanced functionality, that are unifying many different working mechanism. Basically they are working almost identically compared to the built-in solutions, but they are performing further steps to make your modeling even faster and comfortable.

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Weld / Collapse

This one has the Below / Above horizontal mechanism to switch between the Weld and Collapse mode. The horizontal axis basically defines the weld threshold.

Octopus Cursor Axis	Parameters
Horizontal Movement	Weld Threshold
Vertical Movement	>0 weld <0 collapse
Wheel Change	–

Extrude

Extrusion is pretty much superior in control compared to the built-in solution. You can control the type, the length and the number of the segments of the extrusion. To do that we are taking advatage of all the monitored axis. It can be used with Face, Edge and Vertex Selection as well.

Octopus Cursor Axis	Parameters
Horizontal Movement	Extrusion Height
Vertical Movement	> 10 Group Extrusion 10 > x > -10 Local Normal < 10 Polygon Extrusion
Wheel Change	Number of extrusion segments

Chamfer

Chamfering is working almost the same way as extrude. You have control over the Chamfer amount, number of segments and the roundness of the chamfer.

Octopus Cursor Axis	Parameters
Horizontal Movement	Chamfer Radius
Vertical Movement	Roundness (Can be inverted) using 0.5 stepping
Wheel Change	Number of segments

Relax

Relax have control over two parameters. The Amount and the Iteration

Octopus Cursor Axis	Parameters
Horizontal Movement	Amount
Vertical Movement	Iteration
Wheel Change	–

Circle / QCap

To make this action work, you need to install rapidTools toolset. These are two of the most commonly used tools from rapidTools. They can be executed by using Left and Right click.

Octopus Cursor Axis	Parameters
Left Click	Reguralize Edge Loop
Right Click	Quad Cap / Fill Hole

Inset

Inset is also far superior compared to the built-in solution since this one can add segments to you inset. To do that, just as always, the spinner helps achieving that.

Octopus Cursor Axis	Parameters
Horizontal Movement	Inset Amount
Vertical Movement	–
Wheel Change	Number of Segments

Connect

Connect can connect edges. Currently vertex connect is not implemented. (Btw. it’s easy to implement, so feel free to extend it.

Octopus Cursor Axis	Parameters
Horizontal Movement	Pinch
Vertical Movement	Slide
Wheel Change	Number of Segments

Bridge

It’s the same bridge as you can find max, but you can control the segments in between the two faces with the mouse wheel.

Octopus Cursor Axis	Parameters
Horizontal Movement	–
Vertical Movement	–
Wheel Change	Number of Segments