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'''Here you can view the complete Silo manual online.  This is the most up-to-date version of the manual, as it is continually being edited as we add new features.'''
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==Introduction==
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*[[What is Silo?]]
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*[[How To Use This Manual]]
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*[[:Category:Silo_Manual | Alphabetical Index]]
  
*Quick Start Guide
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==Tool and Feature Guides==
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*[[Quick Start Guide]]
 
**[[View Controls]]
 
**[[View Controls]]
 
**[[Selection]]
 
**[[Selection]]
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**[[Subdivision]]
 
**[[Subdivision]]
 
**[[Notes for Mac Users]]
 
**[[Notes for Mac Users]]
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*[[Displacement Painting Guide]]
  
*Introduction
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==The File Menu==
**[[What is Silo?]]
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*[[New Scene]]
**[[How To Use This Manual]]
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*[[Open Scene]]
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*[[Load Into Scene]]
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*[[Revert To Autosaved]]
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*[[Save Scene]]
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*[[Save Scene As]]
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*[[Export Scene]]
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*[[Save Selected Objects]]
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*[[Save Incremental]]
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*[[GoZBrush]]
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*[[Save Screenshot]]
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*[[Start/Stop Time-Lapse Recording]]
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*[[File Format Settings]]
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*[[Reveal Preferences Folder]]
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*[[Quit]]
  
*The File Menu
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==The Edit Menu==
**[[New Scene]]
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*[[Undo]]
**[[Open Scene]]
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*[[Redo]]
**[[Load Into Scene]]
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*[[Repeat]]
**[[Revert To Autosaved]]
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*[[Undo Selection]]
**[[Save Scene]]
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*[[Redo Selection]]
**[[Save Scene As]]
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*[[Copy]]
**[[Save Selected Objects]]
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*[[Paste]]
**[[Save Incremental]]
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*[[Delete]]
**[[Save Screenshot]]
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**[[File Format Settings]]
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**[[Exit]]
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*The Edit Menu
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==The Create Menu==
**[[Undo]]
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*[[Custom Primitive]]
**[[Redo]]
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*[[Arc]]
**[[Repeat]]
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*[[Arch]]
**[[Undo Selection]]
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*[[Circle]]
**[[Redo Selection]]
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*[[Cone]]
**[[Copy]]
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*[[Cube]]
**[[Paste]]
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*[[Cylinder]]
**[[Delete]]
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*[[Gear/Wheel]]
**[[The Create Menu]]
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*[[Grid]]
**[[Cube]]
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*[[Sphere]]
**[[Cylinder]]
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*[[Torus]]
**[[Sphere]]
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*[[Lathe Object]]
**[[Cone]]
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*[[Extrusion Object]]
**[[Torus]]
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*[[Path Extrusion Object]]
**[[Grid]]
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*[[Text Generator]]
**[[Circle]]
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*[[Edge Tool]]
**[[Arc]]
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*[[Polygon Tool]]
**[[Lathe Object]]
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*[[Surface Tool]]
**[[Extrusion Object]]
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*[[Topology Tool]] - deprecated
**[[Path Extrusion Object]]
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*[[Draw Topology Tool]]
**[[Edge Tool]]
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*[[Array]] - deprecated
**[[Polygon Tool]]
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*[[Object-Templated Array]]
**[[Topology Tool]]
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*[[Chain Replicate]]
**[[Array]]
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*[[Duplicate]]
**[[Duplicate]]
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*[[Combine Objects]]
**[[Combine Objects]]
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*[[Instance]]
**[[Instance]]
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*[[De-instantiate Instance]]
**[[De-instantiate Instance]]
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*The Modify Menu
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==The Modify Menu==
**[[Append]]
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*[[Modifiers]]
**[[Append Polygon]]
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**[[Array]]
**[[Append Edges]]
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**[[Bevel]]
 
**[[Bevel]]
**[[Boolean]]
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**[[Crease Edges]]
**[[Break]]
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**[[Bridge]]
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**[[Cut]]
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**[[Extrude]]
 
**[[Extrude]]
**[[Fill Hole]]
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**[[Numerical Deform]]
**[[Flatten]]
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**[[Radial Mirror]]
**[[Inset Scale]]
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**[[Shell]]
**[[Local Move]]
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**[[Smooth]]
**[[Local Scale]]
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**[[Subdivide (Modifier)]]
**[[Merge]]
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**[[Triangulate]]
**[[Mirroring]]
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**[[Bake Modifiers]]
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**[[Enable/Disable Modifiers]]
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*[[Align/Distribute]]
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*[[Append]]
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**[[Append Polygon]]
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**[[Append Edges]]
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*[[Bevel]]
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*[[Boolean]]
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*[[Break]]
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*[[Bridge]]
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*[[Cut]]
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*[[Extrude]]
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*[[Fill Hole]]
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*[[Flatten]]
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*[[Inset Scale]]
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*[[Local Move]]
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*[[Local Scale]]
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*[[Merge]]
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*[[Mirroring]]
 
**[[Mirror Geometry]]
 
**[[Mirror Geometry]]
 
**[[Instance Mirror Toggle]]
 
**[[Instance Mirror Toggle]]
 
**[[Calculate Symmetry]]
 
**[[Calculate Symmetry]]
 
**[[Symmetry Mode Toggle]]
 
**[[Symmetry Mode Toggle]]
**[[Symmetrize]]
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**[[Restore Symmetry]]
**[[Orient]]
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*[[Orient]]
**[[Paint Displacement]]
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*[[Paint Displacement]]
**[[Shell]]
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*[[Shell]]
**[[Slide]]
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*[[Slide]]
**[[Smooth]]
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*[[Smooth]]
**[[Spin Edge]]
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*[[Spin Edge]]
**[[Split Loop]]
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*[[Split Loop]]
**[[Triangulate]]
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*[[Triangulate]]
**[[Unify Normals]]
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*[[Unify Normals]]
**[[Reverse Normals]]
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*[[Reverse Normals]]
  
*The Subdivision Menu
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==The Subdivision Menu==
**[[Subdivide]]
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*[[Subdivide]]
**[[Unsubdivide]]
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*[[Unsubdivide]]
**[[Toggle Current Subdivision]]
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*[[Toggle Current Subdivision]]
**[[Clear Higher Subdivision]]
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*[[Clear Higher Subdivision]]
**[[Refine Control Mesh]]
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*[[Refine Control Mesh]]
**[[Crease Edges]]
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*[[Crease Edges]]
**[[Uncrease Edges]]
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*[[Uncrease Edges]]
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*[[Toggle Edge Crease]]
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*[[Edge Crease Amount]]
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*[[Crease Edges by Angle]]
  
*The Selection Menu
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==The Selection Menu==
**[[Group Selection]]
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*[[Group Selection]]
**[[Select Affected Groups]]
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*[[Select Affected Groups]]
**[[Select Next Group]]
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*[[Select Next Group]]
**[[Selection Mode]]
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*[[Selection Mode]]
**[[Convert Selection To]]
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*[[Convert Selection To]]
**[[Manipulator Tool]]
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*[[Manipulator Tool]]
**[[Selection Style]]
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*[[Selection Style]]
**[[Snapping]]
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*[[Snapping]]
**[[Soft Selection]]
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*[[Soft Selection]]
**[[Select All]]
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*[[Select All]]
**[[Deselect]]
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*[[Deselect]]
**[[Deselect Inactive]]
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*[[Deselect Inactive]]
**[[Invert Selection]]
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*[[Invert Selection]]
**[[Expand Selection]]
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*[[Expand Selection]]
**[[Grow Selection]]
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*[[Grow Selection]]
**[[Shrink Selection]]
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*[[Shrink Selection]]
**[[Select Path]]
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*[[Select Path]]
**[[Select Loop]]
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*[[Select Loop]]
**[[Select Ring]]
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*[[Select Ring]]
**[[Select Special Geometry]]
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*[[Select Special Geometry]]
**[[Manipulator Edit Mode]]
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*[[Select By]]
**[[Recenter Object Axis]]
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*[[Manipulator Edit Mode]]
**[[Set Object Axis]]
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*[[Recenter Object Axis]]
**[[Orient Selection To World]]
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*[[Recenter Object Axis To Bottom]]
**[[Orient Manipulator]]
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*[[Set Object Axis]]
**[[Auto Orient Manipulator]]
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*[[Orient Selection To World]]
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*[[Orient Manipulator]]
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*[[Auto Orient Manipulator]]
  
*The Materials Menu
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==The UVs/Materials Menu==
**[[Material Editor]]
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*[[Material Editor]]
**[[Create UV Proxy]]
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*[[Recreate UVs]]
**[[Unwrap UV Proxy]]
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**[[Recreate UVs Using XYZ Coords]]
**[[Pin UV Vertices]]
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**[[Recreate UVs Per Face]]
**[[Mark UV Seam]]
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**[[Recreate UVs Using Planar Regions]]
**[[Live UV Unwrapping]]
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**[[Recreate UVs Using LSCM Unwrapping]]
**[[Generate Normal Map]]
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**[[Recreate UVs Using Neighbors]]
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*[[Unwrap UVs Using LSCM]]
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*[[Live UV Unwrapping]]
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*[[Mark UV Seams]]
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*[[Unmark UV Seams]]
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*[[Mark UV Seams Toggle]]
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*[[Pin UV Vertices]]
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*[[Unpin UV Vertices]]
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*[[Pin UV Vertices Toggle]]
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*[[Move and Sew]]
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*[[Mirror UVs]]
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*[[Nudge UVs]]
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*[[Flip UVs]]
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*[[Arrange UVs In Bounds]]
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*[[Scale UVs To Bounds]]
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*[[Scale UVs Proportionally]]
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*[[Export UVs To Image]]
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*[[Generate Normal Map]]
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*[[Generate Displacement Map]]
  
*The Display Menu
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==The Display Menu==
**[[Add Light]]
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*[[Add Light]]
**[[Use Scene Lights]]
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*[[Use Scene Lights]]
**[[Lock Scene Lighting to Camera]]
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*[[Lock Scene Lighting to Camera]]
**[[Make Scene Lights Default]]
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*[[Make Scene Lights Default]]
**[[Object Display Mode]]
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*[[Object Display Mode]]
**[[Frame Selection]]
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*[[Frame Selection]]
**[[Focus Selection]]
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*[[Focus Selection]]
**[[Hide Selection]]
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*[[Hide Selection]]
**[[Hide Unselected]]
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*[[Hide Unselected]]
**[[Show All]]
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*[[Show All]]
**[[Unselected to Wireframe]]
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*[[Unselected to Wireframe]]
**[[Viewport Layout]]
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*[[Unselected to Ghost Shading]]
**[[Viewport Camera]]
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*[[Viewport Layout]]
**[[Walkthrough Mode]]
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*[[Viewport Camera]]
**[[Show Work Grids]]
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*[[Walkthrough Mode]]
**[[Show Manipulator]]
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*[[Show Work Grids]]
**[[Show Viewport Images]]
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*[[Show Manipulator]]
**[[Show Lights]]
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*[[Show Viewport Images]]
**[[Show Buttons]]
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*[[Show Lights]]
**[[Next Button Page]]
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*[[Show Buttons]]
**[[Set Viewport Image]]
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*[[Next Button Page]]
**[[Select Viewport Image]]
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*[[Set Viewport Image]]
**[[Delete Viewport Image]]
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*[[Select Viewport Image]]
**[[Render External]]
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*[[Delete Viewport Image]]
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*[[Render External]]
  
*The Editors/Options Menu
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==The Editors/Options Menu==
**[[Scene Editor]]
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*[[Scene Editor]]
**[[Scene Info]]
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*[[Scene Info]]
**[[Object Properties]]
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*[[Object Properties]]
**[[Numerical Editor]]
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*[[Object Modifiers]]
**[[Material Editor]]
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*[[Numerical Editor]]
**[[Brush Editor]]
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*[[Tool Options]]
**[[General Settings]]
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*[[Material Editor]]
**[[Subdivision Settings]]
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*[[Brush Editor]]
**[[Display Settings]]
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*[[Blend Shape Editor]]
**[[Color Settings]]
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*[[General Settings]]
**[[Button Settings]]
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*[[Subdivision Settings]]
**[[Keyboard Settings]]
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*[[Display Settings]]
**[[Mouse Settings]]
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*[[Color Settings]]
**[[Save All Settings]]
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*[[Button Settings]]
**[[Load All Settings]]
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*[[Keyboard Settings]]
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*[[Mouse Settings]]
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*[[File Format Settings]]
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*[[Save All Settings]]
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*[[Load All Settings]]
  
*The Help Menu
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==The Help Menu==
**[[Context Help]]
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*[[Context Help]]
**[[Tutorials]]
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*[[Online Help]]
**[[Help Manual]]
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*[[Tutorials]] - deprecated
**[[Registration]]
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*[[Send Feedback]]
**[[About]]
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*[[Registration]] - deprecated
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*[[About]] - deprecated
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*[[About/Registration]]
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*[[De-Register Computer]]
  
*Other Commands
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==Other Commands==
**[[Button Page 1-9]]
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*[[Button Page 1-9]]
**[[Constrain]]
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*[[Constrain]]
**[[Cycle Shading]]
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*[[Cycle Shading]]
**[[No Function]]
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*[[No Function]]
**[[Tweak]]
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*[[Tweak]]
**[[Appendix]]
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**[[Rib Format]]
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**[[Pov Format]]
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**[[Supported 3D File Formats]]
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**[[Supported Image File Formats]]
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==Appendix==
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*[[Rib Format]]
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*[[Pov Format]]
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*[[Supported 3D File Formats]]
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*[[Supported Image File Formats]]
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*[[Open-Source Libraries Used]]
  
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{{Silo Manual}}

Latest revision as of 21:00, 13 October 2023

Here you can view the complete Silo manual online. This is the most up-to-date version of the manual, as it is continually being edited as we add new features.

Download Silo Manual Wiki as PDF

Download Default Hotkey List: Alpha by Command | Alpha by Keystroke

Introduction

Tool and Feature Guides

The File Menu

The Edit Menu

The Create Menu

The Modify Menu

The Subdivision Menu

The Selection Menu

The UVs/Materials Menu

The Display Menu

The Editors/Options Menu

The Help Menu

Other Commands

Appendix

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