Softimage lets you create and edit your own custom toolbars and shelves. This gives you convenient access to commands, presets, and other files.
• Toolbars are floating windows that contain buttons for running commands or applying presets.
• Shelves are floating windows that contain tabs. Each tab can be a toolbar, display the contents of a file directory, or hold other items.
Toolbars and shelves are stored as XML-based files with the .xsitb extension in the Application\toolbars subdirectory of the user, workgroup, or factory path.
At startup, Softimage gathers the files it finds in these locations and adds them to the View > Toolbars menu. Toolbars and shelves that are found in your user location are marked with [user] in the View menu, and those that are found in a workgroup location are marked with [workgroup].
As with all customizations, you can package toolbars and shelves into add-ons so that you can easily distribute them to other users. See Sharing and Managing Customizations. Toolbars and shelves that are installed as part of an add-on are marked with [user add-on] or [workgroup add-on] in the View menu.
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The default size and position of toolbars and shelves is stored in layouts. See Setting Window Positions and Sizes. |
Autodesk Softimage v.7.5