Preference Panel

You can access the Edit > Preference command from the main menu bar or use Ctrl+P to display the Preference panel.

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Double-click on the caption to dock the panel to the docking place, or undock the panel and make it float above the main program.

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There are eleven sections included in the panel. You may expand or collapse each section by clicking the +/- symbol.

  • Control section: Defines the object snap method in the scene, show/hide the transform gizmo, and enable/disable motion clip auto-play and file compression.
  • Timeline section: Adjusts the settings for the Timeline.
  • Grid section: Adjusts the grid settings, including visibility, color, spacing and size.
  • Display section: Shows/hides FPS information, world axis, dummy object and polygon count on the 3D viewer.
  • External Texture section: Enables/disables external texture settings and shows the paths of the external texture files in a log.
  • Real-time Render Options section: To determine the render quality in the preview window, and switch on/off the LOD effect.
  • Project section: Finds the default project and resets to the factory-default project.
  • Default Tag section: Tags are used to identify the characters. The default tags are all listed in this section. You are allowed to add custom tags into the list as well.
  • iMD Defaults section: When beginning a Motion Director session, characters lacking iMD data will automatically receive default settings from this section, based on their assigned tags.
  • System section: Set the number of undos, determine the temp folder for saving temporary files, and assign the external image editor for modifying texture images.
  • Performance section: Lets you author the project before all textures are loaded.
  • Interface section: Used to change the appearance of the user interface, such as the icon and font sizes and the color theme of the main program.
  • Default Key Tangent section: Sets the default transition curve for all motions and animations.
  • Dictionary section: Dictionary definitions for the Acculips feature.
  • Cache section: In order to improve system performance, the cache is available to store loaded textures, iMDs and motions.
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The adjustable parameters associated with the current project.