The Potter's Wheel



The Potter's Wheel is a tool that will spin the object around in the work space
while you work on it.


The Potter's Wheel is located on the Bank & Rotate pull down menu. ( white triangle )

It is available in all work areas except BioSphere and Composer.



There are 3 settings and an option menu which lets you control how it works.

Vertical, will spin the object on the Y axes.

All Axes, will spin the object on all 3 axes at once.

Manual, will spin the object on all axes but only when a brush is applied to it.
Locking the X or Y axes in Manual mode will control what axes the object spins on when a brush is applied.


Pressing the P on your keyboard will activate the Potter's Wheel and scroll though it's modes.
Pressing P one time = Vertical
Pressing P two times = All Axes
Pressing P three times = Manual
Pressing P four times = Off
If you are already in one mode pressing P will scroll to the next mode.

Options, gives you a menu to control the speed and direction ( clockwise or counter clockwise )
the object will spin in Vertical and All Axes mode.


Vertical Rotation Speed, controls the speed in Vertical mode.
You can set this number between - 100 and 100,
Negative or numbers with a minus sign in front of them will spin the object clockwise on your screen.
Positive numbers will spin the object counter clockwise on your screen.

All Axes, lets you set the speed of each specific axes when your in All Axes mode.
You can set these number between - 100 and 100,
Negative or numbers with a minus sign in front of them will spin the object clockwise on your screen.
Positive numbers will spin the object counter clockwise on your screen.
You can assign Negative numbers for one axes and Positive numbers for another axes if you desire.

Pressing the Default set all numbers back to Amorphium's default values.
Pressing Cancel will close the menu with no changes applied.
Pressing OK closes the menu and applies the changes.

Once you set-up these values you will still have to select a mode for the Potter's Wheel.


You will notice as soon as the Potter's Wheel is activated in any mode that the view automatically
changes to custom.


This does not mean you can only see the object spin from one angle. To change your viewing
angle simply change to top or bottom view at the view pull down menu.


Or use the rotate or bank view tool to move it around.
When you use these tools the object will quit spinning until you release the tool. Then the object continues
spinning in the new view.
Also although the light lock option does not work with the Potter's Wheel, it will work when
you move the object with the view tools.


The dual view will remain set to whatever view you selected for it.
And reflect the changes being made to the object as you use the Potter's Wheel.




Whenever you use any of the distort tools on the object on the Potter's Wheel, it
will stop spinning and the distortion will be applied from the angle you are currently viewing.



The speed at which the object spins is greatly determined by your
computer's CPU and Graphics. Also which one of Amorphium's drawing engine your using.
The Soft Draw seems to work best for me.
You can change these drawing engines at the pop up menu located on the bottom right of the work space,
( little half white half black box )


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