Tool Properties Dialog



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Main toolbar > Tool Palettes button > Any palette. > Right-click a tool. > Properties > Tool Properties dialog

The Tool Properties dialog shows information about the selected tool in the Tool Palettes Set. It appears when you choose Properties from the right-click pop-up menu for any tool on the Lighting and Cameras palettes, Material palettes, and Studio palettes.

Interface

Refresh from—If the tool is linked to a tool from the Content Browser, this check box is available, and the text field below displays the name of the original tool. If you edit the original tool, you can update the linked copy in the active palette by turning on Refresh From and then clicking OK.

If the tool is not linked, the check box is unavailable and the text field is blank.

You choose whether to link a material when you drag it from the Content Browser to the Tool Palettes Set.

Image—Shows a thumbnail image of the tool. Right-click on the image to open the file select dialog to select another image for the tool.

Name—Shows the name of the tool.

Description—Shows a brief description of the tool. Click inside the text field to open the Description dialog where you can enter additional information about the tool that is published with the tool's palette when it is exported to the Content Browser.

More Info—Click to display a More Tool Info dialog that can contain further information about the tool:

See also

Content Browser


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