Name

The name of the property. If you have multiple AttributeDisplay properties, you can give them meaningful names to help distinguish them in explorer views.

Show Values

Toggles the display of attribute values on and off for this property. This allows you to hide values without removing the property.

Attribute

Select the attribute to display. The attributes that are available to display depend on the object and the data it has.

You can display only attributes that actually exist on objects. Simply having a Set Data node in an ICE tree does not mean that the attributes exist. ICE trees are optimized so that they don’t set data unless that data gets read and used elsewhere.

Type

Shows the data type (scalar, vector, Boolean, etc.) and context (per object, per point, etc.) of the selected Attribute. These values are for information only and cannot be changed.

Display As

Select the format to display. The formats that are available for displaying the attributes depend on the data type. For example, you can display vector [X, Y, Z] data in a variety of ways: as numeric data, vectors, points, etc. It’s up to you to determine what format is the makes the most sense for a particular attribute.

Scale Factor

Scales the attribute display by the specified factor. This option works only with some display formats (point, null, vector, etc.) and not others (numeric, etc.).

Display %

Displays only the specified percentage of attribute values. This can be useful for uncluttering the display on dense geometry.

Label

Enter a label to be displayed at the location of each attribute value’s owner.

When attributes are displayed as numeric, this label appears in front of the attribute values. Add a final space to prevent the label from running in to the values.

On point clouds, the character # is replaced by the particle ID if it exists, otherwise by the index. On other geometry types, # is replaced by the component index.

[Position Selector]

Select the position of the label with respect to the attribute value’s owner: Above, Below, Left, or Right.

Offset

Set the horizontal and vertical offsets of the label from the attribute value owner. This is useful if you have multiple attributes displayed and you want to read all the labels.

Use Range

Displays attribute values for only the specified range of components. This can be useful, for example, if you are debugging the behavior of specific particles.

Note that this uses the component index, not the point ID.

Range

The start and end indices of the desired range.

Step

The increment between components in the range to display. For example, a Step of 2 displays attributes for every other component.

Use Array Range

Allows you to display the specified range of an array. This option appears only when Attribute is set to an array data type.

Array Range

Specifies the minimum and the maximum entries of the array range to display.

Use Custom Color

Display the attribute value and label in the color set below. If this option is off and there is a Color attribute on the components, the attribute value is used instead.

Color

Specifies the color for displaying the attribute and label.

Type

Shows the data type (scalar, vector, Boolean, etc.) and context (per object, per point, etc.) of the selected Attribute. These values are for information only and cannot be changed.

Use Global Coordinates for Display

Displays values in global coordinates instead of local coordinates. This option affects only certain data types (3D vectors, matrices, rotations, etc.) and display types (points, nulls, etc.).

Show Values for Tagged Components Only

Shows values only for selected points, edges, polygons, etc.

Skip Default Values During Display

Omits the display of attributes with default values: zero for most data types, false for Booleans, identity for matrices, black for color, etc.

Show Values computed at Current Frame Only

Shows only the values calculated for the current frame. This option is available only when showing values on connections in the ICE tree.

Draw Values on Top of Shaded Objects

Prevents the attribute display from being occluded by objects in non-wireframe viewing modes.