Autodesk 663B1-05A111-1001 User Guide - Page 271

12 | Basics Menus Reference > Modify > Make Live Modify > Make Live Converts the selected surface to a live surface. For NURBS surfaces, curves drawn on a live surface become curves-on-surface. All other creation tools automatically snap to the live surface. Select this item again to turn it off. Related topics ™ "Snap all creation tools to a surface or construction plane" on page 73 Modify > Center Pivot Moves the pivot to the center of the object (based on its bounding box). Related topics ™ "Change the pivot point" on page 66 Modify > Prefix Hierarchy Names Adds a prefix to the name of the selected parent object and all its children. 1 Select the parent. 2 Select Modify > Prefix Hierarchy Names. 3 Type a prefix and click OK. Related topics ™ "Change the name of one or more objects" on page 134 Modify > Search and Replace Names Searches node names for the string specified in Search For and replaces the named string with the string specified in Replace With. You can choose to search a hierarchy, selected nodes, or all nodes. Related topics ™ "Change the name of one or more objects" on page 134 Modify > Add Attribute Custom attributes are attributes you optionally add and define from the Add Attribute window. Although custom attributes are dynamically added to an object, we refer to them as custom to distinguish them from the built-in dynamic attributes. Basics 271