OptionVar UI

The option var UI is used to easily change options for the various tools in cgmToolbox 2.0. It may be accessed via:

• Top Menu>CGM>snap>{Options}
• MarkingMenu>Options>Option UI

It is divided into two sections.

• Buffers top menu
• Main body

Buffers Top Menu
All buffers share the same options.

• Define
• Add selected
• Remove selected
• Report
• Select members
• Clear

Current Buffers

• Match – Locinator’s match buffer. See it for more info.
• Cast- Buffer of objects to cast at. Otherwise, all surfaces are targets.

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Match Options
Set the snap match mode option.

Aim Options
Set the shared aim options for various tools

• Local – Aim from current up vector
• World – Aim with world up vector
• Matrix – Bokser’s setup. Still WIP

Obj Defaults
What information is to be assumed on selected objects should no object specific information be self stored. The are set as strings – ‘z+’ for example.

• Obj Aim
• Obj Up
• Obj Out
• Tag Selected for aim – Tag selected objects with attributes to store the current defaults. May be changed after.

Raycast Options
These options affect both ray snapping and creation.

• Cast
  • Surface(close) — First hit per surface
  • Midpoint(mid) — Mid point of nearest and furthest hits detected
  • Far — Furthest hit
  • Pierce(all) — All intersections
  • xPlane(x) — Plane is generated to cast upon
  • yPlane(y) — ” “
  • zPlane(z) — ” “
• Offset
  • None
  • Distance — Object is offset by a given distance along the vector of the mesh hit
  • SnapCast — Object is offset by a detected offset amount based on the objects ‘down’ axis first intersection. This is only until we find a better way to detect a better offset amount.
• Orient
  • None
  • Normal — Orient target with the assumed axis information relative to the normal of the mesh hit. The orient mode is still being refined.
• Set Drag Interval — brings up a ui prompt to change the offset value to use with offset distance mode.
• Set offset — brings up a ui prompt to change the offset value to use with offset distance mode.

Shape Creation
Options for creating curve controls.

• Shape – Set the shape to be created. Left click to get new options as a popup menu.
• Default Color – Set the color to create shapes as. Left click to get new options
• Create Aim – The axis the created shapes will be created as so that they properly snap to your target object’s orientation
• Size Mode –
  • guess – First attempt to get size by bounding box max. Otherwise, check closest child distance. Otherwise, check parent distance. Fail.
    • This mode uses the multiplier
  • fixed – Use stored size
  • cast (NOT IMPLEMENTED)
• Size – Brings up a uiPrompt to change the optionVar
• Multiplier – Brings up a uiPrompt to change the optionVar
• Create – Create a control curve at selected objects
• One of Each – Create one of each shape in the cgm shape library