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 ====Ground Plane Editor==== ====Ground Plane Editor====
  
-TAD creates 3D by extruding shapes linearly. Quite often, when you begin using TAD and when you want to get into TAD you may find that it extrudes only from the ground up.+TAD creates 3D by extruding shapes linearly. Quite often, when you begin using TAD and when you want to get into TAD you may find that it extrudes only from the ground up. 
  
 But the truth is: TAD can actually extrude in //any direction//  The //Ground Plane Editor// allows you to select the plane from which the extrusion has to happen.  But the truth is: TAD can actually extrude in //any direction//  The //Ground Plane Editor// allows you to select the plane from which the extrusion has to happen. 
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 +The actual ground (which coincides with our regular definition of the word "ground") is referred in this documentation as the //true ground//
  
 To understand the Ground Plane editor; you need to visualize what is happening in your TAD model and then ask yourself if you have the answers to the following questions To understand the Ground Plane editor; you need to visualize what is happening in your TAD model and then ask yourself if you have the answers to the following questions
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 1. Can you notice the vertical plane that is formed on the edge where the two helpers are?\\ 1. Can you notice the vertical plane that is formed on the edge where the two helpers are?\\
 2. Can you decide in which direction would the extrusion happen? Into the object where the helpers are? or away from it?\\ 2. Can you decide in which direction would the extrusion happen? Into the object where the helpers are? or away from it?\\
-3. Now that you have understood the above two; can you now locate yourself standing in front of that vertical plane, and look at the extrusion coming towards you?  (You dont have to shift anything when understanding this point. Just think a bit for yourself) \+3. Now that you have understood the above two; can you now locate yourself standing in front of that vertical plane, and look at the extrusion coming towards you?  (You dont have to shift anything when understanding this point. Just think a bit for yourself) 
  
 Now that you have understood, you can easily tell whether it was the first helper which is on the left bottom corner of that plane you are looking at; or was it the second helper Now that you have understood, you can easily tell whether it was the first helper which is on the left bottom corner of that plane you are looking at; or was it the second helper
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 //Original image from [[https://www.frontlineclub.com/indian_sculptors_bring_life_to_kashmir_stone-2/ ]] // //Original image from [[https://www.frontlineclub.com/indian_sculptors_bring_life_to_kashmir_stone-2/ ]] //
  
-[[pinning_objects|Here are the steps to be done]]+[[pinning_objects|Here are the steps to be done for pinning]]
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