Introduction to the Radiant Toolbar

Here is a basic explanation of the tools that are
included with the editor.  At the left will be the actual
button  with it's function described to the right.

 

    
  

    
x axis flip:  Will flip any brush along the x axis when
selected.

    


    
x axis rotate:  Will rotate any brush along the x axis
when selected.


    
  

    
y axis flip:  Will flip any brush along the y axis when
selected.

    
  

    
y axis rotate:  Will rotate any brush along the y axis
when selected.

    
  

    
z axis flip:  Will flip any brush along the z axis when
selected.


    
  

    
z axis rotate:  Will rotate and brush along the z axis
when selected.

    
  

    
complete tall:  Selects all brushes along the x,y axis.
Grouping brush is discarded.

    
  

    
select touching:  Selects all brushes touching the
grouping brush.


    
 

    
select partial tall:  Selects all brushes along x,y axis
with discarding grouping brush.

    
 

    
select inside:  Selects brushes within a grouping
brush and then discards the grouping brush.

    
 

    
csg subtract:  Will remove contents within the selected
brush.  Used for making doors and other openings.


    
 

    
csg merge:  Will fuse brush groups when selected.

    
 

    
hollow:  Will hollow out any selected brush at a depth of
two units.  Used to make rooms and bounding boxes.

    
 

    
clipper:  Allows you to place clipping points on a brush.


    
 

    
change veiws:  Changes veiws in the wireframe window
from x,y, to z.

    
 

    
texture veiw:  Allows you to switch veiws within the veiw
window.  Trilinear to wireframe.

    
 

    
cubic clip camera veiw:  Will draw or not draw the 
 entire map while editing.


    
 

    
free rotation:  Allows you to rotate selected brush 
along any axis.

    
 

    
free scaling:  Locks or releases scaling on a selected
brush.

    
 

    
x scale


    
 

    
y scale

    
 

    
z scale

    
 

    
don't select curved brushes:  Can make life easier 
when making prefabs.


    
 

    
show patch bounding box:  Simply shows the bounding
box around and patch you create.

    
 

    
patches as wireframes:  All patches will be displayed
as wireframes.  Speeds up editing.

    
 

    
patch bend mode:  Will select varying points on a patch
allowing you to bend or twist the object.


    
 

    
redisperse patch points:  Averages out space between
brushes added to a patch.

    
 

    
caps:  Will cap any selected patch with highlighted
texture in use.

    
 

    
weld equal patch points:  Self explanitory.


    
 

    
drill down:  When any control point is selected, all 
points below will also be selected.

    
 

    
entity veiw:  Allows you to show entities in wireframe
or grayscale, ect.

This is just a basic overveiw.  I'll go into more 
depth when actually making  the first map.