Common Features of Properties Panels

The Properties panel has been prepared for editing different kinds of content data loaded into CreativeStudio.

This page describes common features of the Properties panels.

Common Features of Properties Panels

This page describes common features of the Properties panel.

  1. Opening the panel in its own window
  2. Changing content names
  3. Selecting categories
  4. Icons for Category scroll and Return to top
  5. Copy & paste on the Properties panel
  6. Color Picker features
  7. Setting slider range using Popup control
Properties panel

Opening the panel in its own window

Two methods of opening the Properties panel in its own window are given below.

  1. Select contents in the Contents panel. On the CreativeStudio menu, then select Window > Properties panel.
  2. Double click the icon of content displayed in the Contents panel.
Opening the Properties panel in its own window

Change name of content

You can change the names of content in the Properties panel.

Changing content names

After a content name displayed on the Properties panel has been changed, you can apply the change by pressing the Tab key or Enter key.

Category show/hide setting

In the Details mode, a checkbox displays next to each category in the Properties panel.

Mark or clear the checkbox to show or hide the details for that category.

Example: Selecting categories in the material Properties panel

Editing Properties panel categories

In the above graphic, the checkboxes for General and Shader parameters have been cleared, so the details for these categories are not displayed in the material Properties panel.

Icons for Category scroll and Return to top

In Details mode, clicking on the arrow icon next to a category scrolls the panel to the settings items for that category.

Editing Properties panel categories 03

There is also an arrow icon next to each category item name, and clicking on that icon returns the panel to the top of the category.

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Copy & Paste on the Properties Panel

Settings on the Properties panel can be copy & pasted.

To copy the settings, press the Copy button on the Properties panel.

Editing Properties panel categories 01

Note: Currently, the copy & paste feature is only supported by the material Properties panel in Details mode, and by the particle set Properties panel and the particle emitter Properties panel.

Note: When the checkbox is marked for a category, its items can be copied. In the above figure, the settings for the General and Shader parameters categories are not copied.

Properties Panel - Paste

Right-click on an item of content in the Contents panel to paste to that content the settings that were copied in the Properties panel.

When you right-click, the following menu displays. Select Edit > Paste properties.

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The copied settings are pasted to the selected content.

Color Picker features

If there is a color thumbnail in the Properties panel, the Color picker will display when you left-click on the thumbnail.

You can use the Color picker to set RGB and HSV.

(1) Left-click on a thumbnail in the panel.

Color Picker

(2) The Color picker pops up, and you can use the sliders or enter numerical values to set the color.

Color picker 01

Setting slider range using Popup control

The Slider range in each Properties panel can be set from the Popup control icon.

Popup control

Move the cursor over the Popup control icon to display the range currently set for the slider.

Click on the Up/Down icons to change the slider range.

Popup control 01

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