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visible only if there is a corresponding geometry
selected when the quad menu is opened.
Tools quadrants
Thetwoquadrantsontheleftsideofthedefault
quad menu are called Tools 1 and Tools 2. These
quadrants contain commands specific to various
geometries and modifiers such as: lights, editable
geometries, and cameras. These quadrants are
not display ed unless one of the corresponding
geometries or modifiers are selected w hen the
quad menu is opened.
Additi onal Quad Menus
Several specialized quad menus are available
when you are working in certain modes, such
as
ActiveShade (page 3–17)
,
Edit UVWs (page
1–878)
,
Track View (page 2–483)
,orwhenyou
press any combination of SHIFT, CTRL, or A LT
while right-clicking any standard v iewport.
The ActiveShade quad menu provides many useful
commandssuchasRender,DrawRegion,Update,
as well as access to the
Material Editor (page
2–1253)
.Similarly,theUnwrapUVWquadmenu
contains many common UVW commands.
More quad menus are a vailable if you hold down
any combination of SHIFT, CTRL, or ALT when
you right-click a v iewport. Some of these menus
have default commands, and some of them are
empty.
You can create or edit any of these menus from the
quadsetlistinthe
Quads panel (page 3–839)
,on
the Customize User Interface dialog; however, they
cannot be deleted.
Thesearetheadditionalquadmenusandtheir
default settings:
ActiveShade—Appears when you right-click an
ActiveShade view p ort or window (page 3–17)
.
This menu provides quick access to many of the
commonly used actions in ActiveShade, including
Draw Region, Initialize, and Update, as well as
access to the Material Editor.
Unwra p UVW—Appears when you right-click an
EditUVWsdialog. Thismenuprovidesquick
access to many of the commonly used UVW
actions.
Track View KeyAppears when you right-click
any Track View dialog. This menu provides quick
access to common key actions, such as Move, Add,
Scale, and Reduce Keys.
SHIFT+right-click—Provides access to snap options
and settings. See
Grid and Snap S ettin gs dialog
(page 2–38)
.
ALT+r ight-click Provides several animation tools,
letting you set the coordinate system, set and
assume skin poses, and set key frames.
CTRL+right-click Prov ides several modeling tools
thatletyoucreateandeditmanygeometries,
including standard primitives and editable
geometries.
SHIFT+ALT+right-click—Contains many reactor
commands. F or more information, see the r
eactor
User Reference.
SHIFT+CTRL+right-click Available for assignment.
UsetheQuadspaneltocustomizeit.
CTRL+ALT+r ight-click Provides several lighting
and rendering commands. The default actions
let you create and edit lights, render your scene,
access the Material E ditor, render effects, and
environmental effects.
SHIFT+CTRL+ALT+r ight-click—Available for
assignment. Use the Customize menu >
Customize User Interface > Quads panel to
customize this me nu.
There is also a
Track View quad menu (pa ge
2–512)
that appears only while you are using Track
View.