Transfer/Merge Attributes Editor
Transfers and merges clusters and cluster properties from input objects to generated objects. The following types of cluster properties can be transferred: materials, texture UVs, color at vertices maps, property weight maps (but not envelope weights), and shapes.
To display: Open the property editor of a generator operator that supports attribute transfer, and click Edit Transfer.
The main area of the editor contains two grids. You can resize the columns and rows by clicking and dragging a border.
The top grid contains a column for each input object. The cells show the ClusterName.PropertyName for each untransferred cluster property of the type selected from the drop-down box. The cells are arranged into rows based on Softimage’s best guess about which clusters and properties can be merged. Items in the same row would be merged automatically if you click All in the generator operator’s property editor.
The bottom grid contains a row for each cluster property of the selected type that has already been transferred to the generated object. The first column shows the property name and the second column shows the cluster name. There is an additional column for each input object; these show the ClusterName.PropertyName of the input cluster properties that were merged into the generated cluster property.
To select cells in the grids
In order to transfer or remove attributes, you must first select the appropriate cells:
• To select a single cell, click on it.
• To add a cell to the selection, Ctrl+click on it.
• To select a horizontal, vertical, or rectangular range of cells, you can drag across them from one end (or corner) to the other end (or diagonally opposite corner). Alternatively, you can select one end (or corner) and then Shift+click on the other end (or diagonally opposite corner).
Selected cells are highlighted in lavender.
To transfer and merge attributes
1. Choose the type of attribute from the drop-down list at the top of the editor. For example, to transfer shapes, choose clskey (cluster key).
2. In the top grid, select the cluster properties to transfer.
Clusters and properties are merged according to the following rules:
- If no more than one cell is selected per column, then all selected cluster properties are merged.
- If multiple cells are selected in any column, selected cluster properties in the same row are merged together. Each row with selected cells generates a separate cluster property.
3. Click Transfer/Merge at the top of the editor.
New rows appear in the bottom grid showing the generated cluster properties. The items that were transferred are removed from the top grid.
To remove attributes
If cluster properties were incorrectly merged, you can “untransfer” them before retransferring and merging them correctly.
1. In the bottom grid, select any cell(s) in the row(s) corresponding to the cluster properties you want to remove.
2. Click Remove Transfer at the top of the editor.
The selected rows are removed from the bottom grid, and the untransferred items appear in the top grid.
Autodesk Softimage v.7.5