Now that I'm home and have Max in front of me, I've had the opportunity to take a gander at the different modes. I've reread your posts at least 5 times each and I still can't quite wrap my head around exactly what the Animate Mode does.

"When it's in modeling mode, which is default, the modifier locks you into whatever procedure you do on it.  In Animate mode, the last operation; be it an extrusion, bevel, inset, or whatever, is perserved to be edited later, if necessary, or animated with keyframe animation, and passed up the stack."

If I understand correctly, the animate mode allows me to modify the last operation even after I've clicked the check mark. I thought it would allow me to modify the 2nd, 3rd or 4th previous operation similar to what History does in Photoshop.

For example:

• I create an inset,
• then extrude that inset,
• followed by a negative bevel to create a cavity,
• finally a chamfer to round out the inside of the bevel.

Can I go back to the original inset and change the size because it was too small (or large) to begin with?

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