3D Actions Menu

Use

The 3D Actions menu can be used to perform a number of functions, including flying the camera to the selected objects and unifying normals.

Features

The following options are available from the menu:

Menu Option	Functional Description
Bake Transformation	Fixes vertices in place by removing any transformations that are on an object and fixing the vertices into that transformed position. It works both on the whole scene and on a selection (see Bake Transformations).
Convert to Double-Sided	Duplicates object polygons to display the same surface on the front and back faces of the objects (Converting to Double-Sided). Note This function doubles the number of polygons. It’s more efficient to apply the double-sided attribute to an object or material, or use `CTRL`+`H` to show the back-facing geometry.
Fix Bone Hierarchy	Fixes the bone hierarchy in the model
Fly Camera to Selection	Zooms into the viewport to focus on the selected objects.
Go to URL	Used for PMI notes that contain a URL. Moves to the nominated URL. Note To use this option for PMI notes that contain a URL, you must disable the option Enable URL Redirect Protection in the Plug-In Manager. For more information, see Plug-In Manager.
Invert Faces	Inverts all faces.
Invert Faces and Normals	Inverts all faces and normals
Invert Normals	Inverts all normals
Join Equal Points	Joins all the points that have equal (coincident) x,y,z coordinates.
PMI to Plain Text	Converts all PMI to plain text
Randomize Objects	Used to perturb the surface of the model or object by small, random amounts, while maintaining correct normals so that the object still looks smooth.
Remove Degenerate Triangles	Removes all degenerate triangles from the scene or from the selected objects depending on your selection.
Remove Duplicate Faces	Removes all duplicate faces from the scene or from the selected objects depending on your selection. This option is helpful if you want to optimize the model size and render speed.
Remove Duplicate Materials	Removes all duplicate materials from the scene or from the selected objects depending on your selection. This option is helpful if you want to optimize the model size and render speed.
Remove Duplicate Meshes	Opens the Remove Duplicate Meshes window. You can remove all duplicate meshes from the scene or from the selected objects depending on your selection. This option is helpful if you want to optimize the model size and render speed. Keep Objects with Metadata: Empty nodes with metadata aren't removed. Duplicate nodes with metadata aren't removed unless their metadata is equal. Check Mesh Materials: Mesh duplicates that have different materials aren't removed.
Unify Normals	Opens the Unify Normals window and is used to align all surface normals in the same direction.
Separate by Materials	Separates meshes if an object contains meshes with separate materials. The resulting meshes have a single material and as many objects are created as there are materials. Note This option is available only if there are objects with multiple materials.
Separate Meshes	Groups a model that is grouped under one object but made up of a number of separate meshes, as separate meshes under the objects name