GenerativeComponents Help

To Enter Port Values

You can define port values in several ways; one by connecting the wires and feeding the values to ports while working in graph view and the second by entering them through Node Properties dialog.

  1. Select the node in graph view and hover pointer over the ports.

    The value field for the highlighted port opens next to the pointer.

  2. Enter the values to set the ports directly or click on a port and extend the wire from it to connect it to a valid node at nodal port (black dot). The selected port is set.
  3. Alternately, double-click the node you want to edit.
    The Node Properties dialog opens.
    Besides the Technique, the dialog also contains Node Information and General sections about node.
    Note: When the port editor opens, notice that the CoordinateSystem property is already filled in with the value baseCS, as a result of your previous wiring operation.
  4. Find the property whose value you want to enter, such as YTranslation, and click in the value field. Using the keyboard, type a value. In this case, it needs a number.
  5. Press <Enter> when finished typing value.
  6. Repeat the preceding step for the other ports, and when done, apply changes by clicking the control.

    You will now see the ports defined for a given node in the view.