Create and manipulate Metaballs
To make the dragonfly, you'll first create, resize, and reposition a series of small Metaballs for the insect's body.
- On the Create palette, click the Metaball tool.
- Click the Edit attributes button
located to the right of the Metaball.
- In the Object attributes dialog box, change the X, Y, and Z size settings to 10, 10, 10.
- Click OK
to close the dialog box and apply the changes.
- Press Command\Control + D nine times to duplicate the resized Metaball nine times. The new Metaballs will be created directly on top of the first Metaball.
- Drag the Metaballs to reposition them. Line them up horizonally and overlap them slightly.
Click here to see how to arrange the Metaballs.
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