4. With the Slice Plane tool still active, right-click in the viewport to bring up the Quad
menu. Go to the Transform menu and select Rotate. Figure 4.56 shows this shortcut
for the Transform tools.
Figure 4.56
Rotate the Slice
Plane gizmo.
Figure 4.55
The Slice Plane
gizmo
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5. You need to rotate the Slice Plane gizmo 90 degrees along the Y-axis. Center the cursor
over the Transform gizmo??™s Y-axis (green wire), and click/drag until the Transform
type-in box at the bottom of the interface reads 90 in the Y-box, or enter the
rotation amount for Y and press Enter. As you rotate, you will see the slice interactively
displayed as a red line on the selected polygons.
6. Use the Move tool (W) to position the Slice Plane gizmo where you want the first
slice. The movement will be along the X-axis or horizontal along the box. When the
Slice Plane gizmo is positioned as shown in Figure 4.57, go to the Edit Geometry rollout
and click Slice. Don??™t click Slice plane because that will deactivate only the Slice
Plane tool. You must click the Slice button because it is like clicking an Apply button
for the Slice Plane tool. Once you click Slice, the polygon will have a new segment at
that location.
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