, 
         Distance& Angles 
            - allows you to rotate your model based on absolute or relative angles 
            - allows you to scale your modei based on the distance between 2 
          selected points 
RailToolz 

        General 
           - works with control points 
           - no more rail tool illegal curves 
       Apply Mode 
           -curve editing 
                 delete any points or add as many as you like; you can add start and/or 
                 end control points 
           - unselected data isn't hidden 
                   can perform simultaneous operations on different areas of the same 
                   model with different curves 
           - can add or delete control curve 
       RailOff set 
           - works with Rounded and Extended ends in Segment and Depth 
              Recognition modes 
      RailBend 
          - now has the common Reference Point parameters 
             RailScale 
          - has a factor control for the Scaling option 
      RebuildRaii 
         - you can now bulld a polygon as a curve or a curve as a polygon 
            RailStretch 
         - can turn otf stretching for the opposite axis (axis 2) 
      RailWarp (The tool formeHy known as RaHForm) 
         - RailForm still exists and operates as it did before but we've renamed 
             it to better describe the effect it has on your models. It 'Warps' them. 

Now the best nevvs of all... 

New and Improved Manual! 

Even though the version I .O manual was critically acclaimed we were not 
satisfied. We wanted to create a manual that not only teaches you how to use 
our software, but one that helps to ease the pain of modeling by aftempting to 
teach you to better "see" the world around you. In essence, this is actually 2 
books in onel In taking this approach, it is our intention to make the 
modeling process more enjoyable by allowing you to apply that newly 
acquired "sight" to your modeling sessions. So, even if you've read through 
the version 1.0 manual and are currently using MacroForm, this new 
MacroForm manual is essential reading. 
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from the outside toward the inside. Finally, the fourth effector has its interpolation type set to 
Multiplicative (the "XX" in its name). It multiplies its values by those in the texture surface. 

Tutorial #10- Bonanza.lws - uttin some more thin s to ether 

This scene shows the use of multiple eftectors working in tandem to create a really nifty 
"burning parchment reveal" sort of 
eftect. . . . bum-da-da-bum-da-da-bum-da-da-bum-da-da-bum-bum (music from "Bonanza" theme 
song added for effect). 

First, we set up some bones to warp the paper all sorts of ways when it burns, as that's what 
paper does, Then we set up sort of a "dummy" parent of the whole efrector hierarchy..,it has 
no attributes attached to it and hence has no effect of its own. The reascn for this dummy is so 
we can attach the fractal texture (the null whose name begins with "Frac") to it and have all the 
children inherit the same universal fractal texture.. .this will keep the texture in sync between 
the many effectors that will be used to animate this effect, as the fractal texture works just like 
other "attribute efrectors", being inherited by children of the parent effector to which the fractal 
null is attached. 

Examining the "Frac" texture null attached to the hierarchy, note especially that the fractal 
texture has the "Edge" keyword specified to indicate that the fractal effect oniy occur between 
the min and max radius values for an effector...this is important, as othenvise we would have 
sort of a cloud of transparent blotches in the middle of the paper rather than a ragged-edged 
hole. Note also that all of the effectors have the "Obj" keyuford specified for them...this is also-
important, as we want to have the affected areas stay with the paper surface even when it is 
warped from the bones...if this were not done, as the edge of the hole moved along an 
increasingly warped paper surFace, we might actually have burned spots contract inward or do 
other sorts of things that burning hole edges do not do. A final thing to note: the Min and Max 
