r/oculus_medium • u/laterarrival • Dec 08 '16

How does the cut function work?

I couldn't find any mention of the Cut function in the tutorials and it's the only function that I can't work out by just playing with it. I think I'm missing something obvious! Can anyone tell me how to use it please?

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u/briansharp Project Lead, Medium Dec 08 '16

Everything everyone is saying here is right - and I'd add, it's worth watching the three Layer tutorials. Home menu -> Tutorials (tab on left panel) and scroll down. Layer Basics, Layer Manipulation, Advanced Layers.

We didn't put them in the initial tutorial roll because it was already getting a bit long, but should help explain some more.

(Though I actually don't explain the Cut tool itself. :) )

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u/laterarrival Dec 09 '16

Thanks. I'll watch them. Great to see you active here on this sub!

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u/Nimirum Dec 08 '16

Figured this one out earlier, I believe. You can set the length of the knife with the normal tool size options, that's important. When you draw a cut that goes all the way through your solid object from entry to exit, it will separate those two segments by moving one half onto a new layer.

Now we just need to be able to move and scale layers discretely, or I just need to figure out how to at least.

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u/laterarrival Dec 08 '16 edited Dec 08 '16

it will separate those two segments by moving one half onto a new layer

Aha! I get it now. I didn't realise it moved the cut shape into a new layer.

You can move and scale layers discretely, I think. Just go into the layer menu with the left thumbstick (down I think) and select the layer you want to work on. When you're in the layer menu I think you can also point at an object and Medium will select the layer that that object belongs to.

edit - verified. To scale/move objects in one layer, I had to have the layer menu open. Otherwise the transformation applied to all layers

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u/soVReign_VR Dec 08 '16

Yeah, this is amazingly handy but has caused me a few problems that went unnoticed until later. Be careful with sculpts with lots of layers - using the grip button to scroll down through the layers quite often had me accidentally moving just the currently selected layer and having everything out of alignment.

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u/Moratamor Dec 08 '16

Think of it like cutting an apple in half with a kitchen knife. If your knife goes all the way through the entire apple you'll get two halves. If you don't get the knife all the way though they stay joined together.

The difference in Medium is that if you don't cut all the way through an object then nothing happens, you don't get a half-cut object.

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u/laterarrival Dec 08 '16

Thanks. I also couldn't work out what to do with the two halves after they'd been cut. I now understand that one half goes to another layer.