Eclipse Properties

• Use LOD: LOD stands for “Level of Detail”. In depending of the camera <-> object distance a high or lower detailed object will be rendered with marginal quality casualties if this toggle is switched on.

• Corners: It changes the number of triangles the object has. If you want a good quality increase the value. A value of 40 is a reasonably value.

• Inner Radius 1 and 2: Changes the inner radius in X-Position (1) and the inner radius in Y-Position (2).

• Outer Radius 1 and 2: Changes the outer radius in X-Position (1) and the outer radius in Y-Position (2).

• Hole Offset X, Y and Z: Moves the inner hole to X, Y, Z-position. With this parameter you can shape great objects like a volcano.

• Rotation: Rotates the eclipse. The result is visible if you change the angle less than 360°.

• Angle: Change this to create a view like a cake respectively a divided circle.

• Create Uniform Normals: It adapts the varying normals to the majority of normals in same direction.

To Create an Eclipse

1. Create a new group and add the eclipse plug-in to it.

2. Add material to the group container.

3. Open the eclipse plug-in editor, and adjust the following values:

   • Set Inner Radius 1 and 2 to 40.0

   • Set Hole Offset X to 20.0

4. Open the group container’s transformation editor and adjust the Rotation values.