The new Qt UI design lets you drag, dock and combine your various work panels to
any area of the screen, allowing for the quickest workflow in any number of scenarios.
You can then save your custom UI layout for future use.
Quickly switch between different layout frameworks like animation view, scene setup view,
or cinematic view.
Dockable Areas
The dockable areas of the program are divided into Top / Bottom and Left / Right areas.
At the center, it is the Preview Window in which you observe the 3D contents you are editing.
Top Area: On the top area, you are able to dock all types of toolbars, such as
Project, General and Camera.
Left and Right Areas: Content Manager, Scene Manager,
Modify and Preference can be docked to the right or left areas. The
docking methods can be Stack or Top-down.
Stack: The Stack method means to dock every panels into one single
pane. You may thus click on (or mouse-rolling on) the Tabs at the bottom of the panel to switch them.
Top-down: The Top-down method means to dock individual panel vertically. You
can see each docked panel on the side.
Benefits of Docking Panels
There are several benefits to dock or undock panels.
Customizable Layout of User Interface: You are able to customize your desired layout by re-arranging and saving it
as the Standard workspace layout.
Re-arrange the workspace layout to your favorite one.
Execute the Window >> Workspace >> Save Layout command.
Execute the Standard command (Ctrl + 2) in the same main menu, the layout will thus be the one
you saved in the previous step.
Execute the Reset Layout to reset the layout to the
original one when iClone Character Creator was installed.
Convenient Embedded Layout Templates: iClone Character Creator also provides several types of layouts for certain purposes.
Advanced (Ctrl + 3): This layout brings up the Modify, Content Manager panels, and all toolbars.
Low Res (Ctrl + 4): To stack the Modify and
Content manager panels to the left side, please switch to
this mode.
Fine Tuning (Ctrl + 5): When you want to focus on modifying
the character with a broader 3D view, then switch to this layout.
Preview (Ctrl + 6): In order to observe the character carefully,
you may switch to this mode to hide every panel and maximize the size of
the 3D viewer.
Note:
You may also utilize the same method described
above to overwrite the default layout template.
If you want to reset an overwritten template, then switch to
the template and execute the Reset Layout.
Wider Editing Environment for Dual Monitors: If you are a dual-monitor user, then you have more freedom to re-arrange your workspace.