STUDIOTOOLS QUICK REFERENCE GUIDE

Snapping
Snap to... Hold Or click

Curves, isoparametric curves, surface edges, or curves-on-surface.

Ctrl

Alt

Grid intersections.
Ctrl Alt

CVs, edit points, pivot points, locators.

Ctrl Alt

Modifier keys
Camera move keys Hold Shift + Alt:

Drag

To...

Tumble (in the perspective view)

Track

Dolly

Tumble, track, dolly, and tilt the view

StudioTools Quick Reference Guide Snapping

Picking
Click or drag To...

Toggle between picked and unpicked Pick only

Unpick

Tip

Hold Shift within a non-picking tool to temporarily switch to picking mode.

Pick and unpick

Transforms
Click or drag To transform in...

Move, scale, rotate, or flip

Snapping
Hold Ctrl Alt Ctrl + Alt Tip To snap to...

Curves The grid Control points

Use the middle mouse button to snap only in the horizontal direction. Use the right mouse button to snap only in the vertical direction.

StudioTools Quick Reference Guide Modifier keys

Hotkeys
These are the default settings.
Menu item Hot key Menu item Hot key

File > Save as... File > Import file

Alt + S Alt + R

Pick > Nothing Pick > Object Pick > Edit point Transform > Move View > Look at Action window: Edit > Cut Action window: Edit > Copy Action window Edit > Paste Action window Edit > Undo Action window: Pick > Nothing Action window: Pick > Keyframes Action window: Pick > Curves Action window: Pick > Template Action window: Views > Look at Action window: DispTools > Tgl template Display all, off Display all, current Display active, off Display active, current Animation Show pose frame 2 Animation Show pose frame 4 Windows > Information window

Ctrl + N Ctrl + O Ctrl + E Alt + M Alt + L Ctrl + X Ctrl + C Ctrl + V Ctrl + Z Ctrl + N Ctrl + E Ctrl + O Ctrl + T Alt + L Alt + T Alt + O Alt + C Shift + Alt + O Shift + Alt + C F11 Alt + F12 Ctrl + 5

File > Import > Canvas Image/ Alt + I Mask Layer File > Display image File > Exit Edit > Undo Cut Copy Paste Delete > Delete active Delete Active image layer Layouts > User windows Ctrl + 7 Alt + E Ctrl + Z Ctrl + X Ctrl + C Ctrl + V Alt + A Alt + X F9

Layouts > Perspective window F8 Layouts > Front window Layouts > Right window Layouts Top window Display Tgls > Model Image > Canvas layer Cut image Copy image Paste image Image > Merge below Clear canvas layer Invert mask layer Tgl selection/mask Render > Globals Render > Multilister > List all Animation > Set keyframe Animation > Show > Playback F6 F7 F5 F12 Ctrl + L Shift + Ctrl + X Shift + Ctrl + C Shift + Ctrl + V Ctrl + M Ctrl + K Ctrl + I Alt + H Ctrl + 6 Ctrl + 1 Alt + K Alt + P

StudioTools Quick Reference Guide Hotkeys

Marking menus
Ctrl + Shift + Left mouse button:

Ctrl + Shift + Middle mouse button:

Ctrl + Shift + Right mouse button

StudioTools Quick Reference Guide Marking menus

Modeling Control Panel

Access reverse engineering application. On IRIX, this is EvalViewer; on Windows platforms, Spider. Drag icons from the control panels shelf to the trash with the middle mouse button to remove them from the shelf. This menu for Shelf Options has the following choices: New: Clear all tools from the shelf. New tab: Add a new tab to the shelf, under which you can add tools. Save: Saves the current shelf contents to a file. Replace: Replaces the current shelf contents with the contents contained in a file you choose. These enable you to create and change shelf files.

The name of the picked object. You can edit this field to change the name of the object.

Scroll bar Use the Cross Sections buttons to turn X, Y, and Z cross sections on (+) or off (-) for the picked surfaces. To control the cross sections, click the Control Panel > Evaluate > Cross section tool at the bottom of the control panel, then use the Cross Section options that appear in the control panel. Note: this tool is not available in all packages. Use the Curvature on sections buttons to turn curvature combs on the cross sections on or off. Choosing one of the bottom row of tools provides additional editable attributes above the tool. Move CV Show deviations

Control display buttons Use these buttons to turn various object features on (+) or off (-) for the picked objects.

These icons give access to diagnostic shading capabilities, and the panel provides access to the most frequently modified options for these tools

This section provides commonly changed attributes for the current tool or function.

Curvature plots. Show cross-sections on a surface (not available in all packages)

StudioTools Quick Reference Guide Modeling Control Panel

Paint Control Panel

Paint shelf tabs. Click to open a list of color swatches, brushes, and tools. Use the scroll bar to scroll through a list, or move the divider up or down to enlarge or shrink the section. The name of the picked object. You can edit this field to change the name of the object. Scroll bar Tool or Brush properties. This section displays frequently-modified attributes of the chosen tool or brush. In this example, Shape properties are displayed. This menu for Shelf Options has the following choices: New: Clear all tools from the shelf. New tab: Add a new tab to the shelf, under which you can add tools. Save: Saves the current shelf contents to a file. Replace: Replaces the current shelf contents with the contents contained in a file you choose. These enable you to create and change shelf files. Control points display buttons Use these buttons to turn various object features on (+) or off (-) for the picked objects. Modify the creation and interactivity of shapes

Determine the properties for filled shapes Create a new canvas plane Magnify (this is the Dolly tool) Open the Plane/Layer editor Pan (this is the Track tool)

StudioTools Quick Reference Guide Paint Control Panel

Visualization Control Panel

This menu has the following choices: New Library Tab Change Library Default Library The library location is defined in Preferences > General Preferences > VIsualization > Library location

Scroll bar

Shader library tabs. Click to open a list of shaders and environments. Use the scroll bar to scroll through a list, or move the divider Divider up or down to enlarge or shrink the section.

Double-click or drag-and-drop a shader ball in the library to add it to the list of resident shaders. Shaders listed in this section are the shaders in your scene. If you havent created any shaders, youll see the default environment and default shader balls only. Name of picked (active) object

Number of picked (active) objects in the scene. Assign current shader to picked objects Pick objects that are assigned to the current shader

Create layered shader Copy current shader

Frequently modified attributes of the current shader

Toggle shade mode

Delete unused shaders Open Multi-lister in List All mode

Toggle model

StudioTools Quick Reference Guide Visualization Control Panel

Plane/Layer Editor

Click to type in a value from 0-1 for layer opacity. Or click and drag down from number box to open a slider to change opacity level.

Yellow highlighting indicates the active plane. Violet highlighting indicates the active layer. Click a layer to make it active. To change a layer name, double-click the name and type a new name.

Plane/Layer editor icons

Icon Meaning Icon Active canvas for paint Meaning

Layer or Plane visibility

Visible Invisible
Layer type. Click to open Properties window. Plane type

This canvas is active Painting is locked to this canvas

Paint Selection Mask shape Paint shape Stencil shape Text layer
Other icons

Set construction plane Unset this construction plane

Layer opacity Enable/disable mask Pick this plane Look at plane: changes display of current window to show plane normal to view.

Ability to move layer on canvas

Layer can be moved Layer can not be moved

StudioTools Quick Reference Guide Plane/Layer Editor