Management Panel

The Management Panel presents tabbed categories of controls and indicators. A tab exists on the Management Panel for each of the following:

Primary Managers

•     Model Manager - presents a hierarchical structure of objects that are currently loaded in application memory.

•  Primitives Manager - controls properties of the graphical dis­play that are specific to various kind of objects.

•  Display Manager - controls properties of the Viewing Area.

•  Textures Manager - controls the superimposition of psyche­delic colors on the object, primarily for enhanced viewing pleasure.

•  Dialog Manager - presents controls and indicators for the functions that are accessible through icons and dropdown menus.

•   Batch Processing Manager - (visible after File > Batch Pro­cessing is picked) specifies the input and output locations of files to be processed in batch.

Secondary Managers

To see these managers, click Tools > Panel Options, then click OK; or right-click a toolbar and click Panels > Info Panel > Show.

• Model Information Manager (not the same as the Model Manager) - presents the same information that typically appears in the lower left corner of the Viewing Area, such as the number of points in a Points object or the number of triangles in a Polygon object.

•   Macro Manager - manages the recording and playback of macros.

•  Macro Server Manager - configures this application to per­form actions in response to commands from remote client.

•   Bounding Box Manager - controls the behavior of the Bounding Box (which can be activated by the Primitives Manager).

•  Memory Manager - controls the behavior of memory-inten­sive tools in this application.

Customizing the Management Panel

To make frequently-used managers more accessible, or to move less-used managers out of the way, use Tools > Panels Options to customize the order of managers on the management panel.