Polygon & Vertex Modes

The Grouping tool operates in polygon or vertex mode, depending upon which room you are in when you use the Group Editor:

• In polygon mode, you can add/remove your currently selected polygon(s) to the current polygon group. While in this mode, you can only create/edit/delete polygon groups. Polygon groups are accessible from the Group Editor palette using certain commands, such as Add Group. Polygon groups will appear in the popup menu (#4 in the following image).

The top section of the Group Editor.

• In vertex mode, you can add/remove your currently selected vertex/vertices to the current vertex group. Likewise, in vertex mode, you can only create/edit/delete vertex groups. Poser uses vertex groups for dynamic cloth objects in the Cloth room and for styling hair in the Hair room. For cloth, using vertices allows you to select the edges of a cloth object (such one side of a sheet hanging from a clothesline and blowing in the wind). This effect cannot be achieved using polygon grouping.

Poser automatically selects the correct mode depending on which room you are currently in. For example, in the Pose room, the Grouping tool only operates in polygon mode; in the Cloth room, it operates in vertex mode.