World resolution
Set the world size, the grid, and the step sizes.
Making a new fig means selecting a world size: Chunky (8³), Balanced (16³), or Crisp (32³). The world size sets the workspace width in blocks. A block is the same size in every world size; a bigger world gives more room and finer steps. The world size is fixed when the model is made.
The New fig card has a name (Name the fig), a category (Category), and a world size (Detail). Under each size the card gives its steps and room: big steps · 16 blocks of room, medium steps · 24 blocks of room, and fine steps · 32 blocks of room. Names start as “Untitled-1”, “Untitled-2”, and so on if left blank. There are 16 categories (Characters, Animals & pets, Nature, Food & drink, Kitchen, Furniture, Household, Decor & lighting, Tech, Toys, games & sports, Clothes & accessories, Magic & adventure, Vehicles, Buildings, Street & city, Other). Select a category from the dropdown. A category is optional; None clears it. Selecting a world size row opens the workspace right away. The middle of the card scrolls; Never mind stays at the bottom. Open a file is the last choice in the list, under From a picture.
The card also has other ways to start. From a picture turns a 2D picture into a flat fig in the Balanced world size. See-through parts of the picture become see-through holes in the paint. The back shows the picture mirrored. The fig opens straight into Paint, set to Ultra fine so the picture keeps its detail. The picture goes on the Photo card with Transparent first on, so you can trim its edges with Magic cut or Eraser. The fig uses the name you typed, or Picture fig if you left it blank. Open a file opens your device’s file picker to open .fig, .scene, .set, .pattern, and .unflat files.
Everything snaps to the block grid (whole blocks, and eighths of a block for fine steps), the same in every world size. This covers dropping shapes, moving rings, and cut depth. The Medium and Big steps on the Steps card change with the world size.
Small shapes
The Add tab can place shapes in part-block sizes. Box, pyramid, wedge, sheet, and cylinder shapes go down to half (0.5) and quarter (0.25) blocks. Spheres, donuts, and round boxes go no smaller than whole blocks. The size settings in the Details panel shrink any part down to a quarter block.
Workspace width
The workspace width follows the world size: Chunky is 16 blocks wide, Balanced is 24 blocks wide, and Crisp is 32 blocks wide. Because a block is always the same size, a model made in Chunky looks the same in Crisp, just with more empty space around it. Round shapes and cylinders get more faces in bigger worlds to keep their curves smooth.
Step sizes
The move and change steps set by Medium and Big on the Steps card depend on the world size.
- Small is always a 0.125 block step, in every world size.
- In Chunky, Medium is a 1.0 block step, and Big is a 2.0 block step.
- In Balanced, Medium is a 0.5 block step, and Big is a 1.0 block step.
- In Crisp, Medium is a 0.25 block step, and Big is a 0.5 block step.