Used to manipulate control nodes
in the control panel that lists all the control nodes of utility group and can
be organized by setting their properties.
Accessed from:
The
GenerativeComponents control panel provides
a convenient way to group together all of your nodes that display useful
information or provide interactive controls.
The control panel supports the node types Color,
ColorGradient, DateTime, Expression, Gauge, Slider, and Watch.
Every newly-created node of any of those node types is
added to the control panel, automatically.
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— activates the Node Properties dialog where node properties are managed.
- — when unchecked, the node entry is
removed from the control panel list.
Setting | Description |
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Toolbar icons
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Tools to manipulate control modes
- (Choose which nodes
are shown here) – toggles and displays the left-most column of "Show in Control
Panel" check boxes against every control node currently in graph.
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List by Type – in this
mode, the nodes in the list are grouped by their types.
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(Hold Changes Until Applied) – in
this mode, changes we make to the nodes' values are not applied until and
unless we click the Apply Changes button.
- (Apply Changes) – in "hold
changes until applied" mode, clicking this button applies all pending changes.
- (Cancel Changes) – in "hold
changes until applied" mode, clicking this button discards all pending changes.
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Control panel list
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Lists node details in three column.
- (Show in Control Panel) – check
to show the node in the Control panel list. Only checked nodes in the column
are listed when you toggle back the Choose nodes icon. This column toggles when
is clicked.
- Node name – the
default name, assigned when the node was created.
- Control tools – the
graphical controls are shown used to interactively set the value for the node.
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Key-in:
GC
DIALOG
CONTROLPANEL
SHOW