1<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> 2 3 4<!--*********************************************************************** 5 * 6 * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER. 7 * 8 * Copyright 2000, 2010 Oracle and/or its affiliates. 9 * 10 * OpenOffice.org - a multi-platform office productivity suite 11 * 12 * This file is part of OpenOffice.org. 13 * 14 * OpenOffice.org is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify 15 * it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License version 3 16 * only, as published by the Free Software Foundation. 17 * 18 * OpenOffice.org is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, 19 * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of 20 * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the 21 * GNU Lesser General Public License version 3 for more details 22 * (a copy is included in the LICENSE file that accompanied this code). 23 * 24 * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License 25 * version 3 along with OpenOffice.org. If not, see 26 * <http://www.openoffice.org/license.html> 27 * for a copy of the LGPLv3 License. 28 * 29 ************************************************************************--> 30 31<helpdocument version="1.0"> 32<meta> 33<topic id="textsdrawguidejoin_objects3dxml" indexer="include" status="PUBLISH"> 34<title id="tit" xml-lang="en-US">Assembling 3D Objects</title> 35<filename>/text/sdraw/guide/join_objects3d.xhp</filename> 36</topic> 37</meta> 38<body> 39<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="index" id="bm_id3154014"><bookmark_value>3D objects; assembling</bookmark_value> 40<bookmark_value>assembled objects in 3D</bookmark_value> 41<bookmark_value>combining;3D objects</bookmark_value> 42<bookmark_value>joining;3D objects</bookmark_value> 43</bookmark> 44<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3154014" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="E" oldref="37" localize="false"/> 45<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3156442" xml-lang="en-US" level="1" l10n="U" oldref="29"><variable id="join_objects3d"><link href="text/sdraw/guide/join_objects3d.xhp" name="Assembling 3D Objects">Assembling 3D Objects</link> 46</variable></paragraph> 47<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3145251" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="30">3D objects that each form a 3D scene can be combined into a single 3D scene.</paragraph> 48<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3150042" xml-lang="en-US" level="3" l10n="U" oldref="41">To combine 3D objects:</paragraph> 49<list type="ordered"> 50<listitem> 51<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id3154702" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="31">Insert a 3D object from the <emph>3D Objects</emph> toolbar (for example, a cube).</paragraph> 52</listitem> 53<listitem> 54<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id3155335" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="32">Insert a second slightly larger 3D object (for example, a sphere).</paragraph> 55</listitem> 56<listitem> 57<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id3148488" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="33">Select the second 3D object (sphere) and choose <emph>Edit - Cut</emph>.</paragraph> 58</listitem> 59<listitem> 60<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id3149211" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="34">Double-click the first object (cube) to enter its group.</paragraph> 61</listitem> 62<listitem> 63<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id3154652" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="35">Choose <emph>Edit - Paste</emph>. Both objects are now part of the same group. If you want, you can edit the individual objects or change their position within the group.</paragraph> 64</listitem> 65<listitem> 66<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id3155376" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="36">Double-click outside the group to exit the group.</paragraph> 67</listitem> 68</list> 69<paragraph role="note" id="par_id3148606" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="38">You cannot intersect or subtract 3D objects.</paragraph> 70<section id="relatedtopics"> 71<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3154537" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="39"><link href="text/simpress/02/10090000.xhp" name="Objects in 3D">Objects in 3D</link></paragraph> 72<embed href="text/sdraw/guide/join_objects.xhp#join_objects"/> 73</section> 74</body> 75</helpdocument> 76