The Component MenuThe Component popup menu is displayed when you right-click on the scene. It provides a number of functions relating to camera position, editing, component properties etc. View Allows you to select either Perspective or Orthographic for the selected view panel. Camera Allows you to select whether the scene is viewed through the Animation Camera which is used to record animations or the Layout Camera which is used for scene layout. Look at Scene Positions the view camera so that it looks at the scene. Look At Positions the view camera so that it looks at the selected component. Look With Positions the view camera so that it looks from the position of the selected component along its orientation. Copy Copies the selected scene component to the clipboard. Cut Cuts the selected scene component to the clipboard. Paste Pastes the scene component currently in the clipboard onto the scene. If a component is active, this new component will become a child of the selected component. Delete Deletes the selected scene component. Ungroup Moves the selected scene component to its own frame in the scene hierarchy. Make Sibling Moves the selected scene component up one level in the scene hierarchy, making it a sibling of any components in its new frame. Make Child Moves the selected scene component to a new frame that is a child of the selected component's frame. Add to Object Library Adds the selected object to the object library. Export Selection Exports the selected object to either a 3D Canvas Object File (3DO) or a DirectX Object (X). Users of 3D Canvas Pro can export the object as a DirectX Frame Hierarchy. This will include all key-frame positioning information for not only the object, but all of the objects "parts". Users of 3D Canvas Pro can also export the object to the Microsoft Train Simulator format. IK Joint Allows you to enable/disable Inverse Kinematics for the active frame. You can specify more Inverse Kinematics properties by selecting Properties. Show Shadow/Cast Shadow Allows you to show/hide the shadow for the current object. Or, in the case of a light, specify whether it should cast shadows or not. Visible Allows you to show/hide a scene component. Open Component Script (Available with 3D Canvas Pro) Opens the animation script for the selected scene component. See Scripting for more information on 3D Canvas scripting. Open Frame Script (Available with 3D Canvas Pro) Opens the animation script for the parent frame of the selected scene component. See Scripting for more information on 3D Canvas scripting. Open Source/Set Bone Effect Opens the source of the current object/Opens the Bone Effect window for the selected bone. Properties Each scene component has associated properties that can be displayed and updated. The Properties window displays those properties and allows you to update many of them. |