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Modifiers

Modifiers are a key component of the Action chain. They encapsulate a Transition, or multiple of those, or come with sets of their own platform-specific changes, such as Material changes, Showing/Hiding parts etc. A Modifier is what actually constitutes the mesh change or an object change, either individually or via activating the pre-established Transition. When we speak about Actions, regardless of what’s being performed in the Scene, we usually refer to just Modifiers. Even in regards to their 3D Software counterparts, Modifiers are non-destructive state changes of the scene entities that we induce to various ends and purposes.

Modifier Options​

Modifiers can be added by clicking on the “Plus” icon + in the Modifier Name bar of the Editor panel, or they can already be preemptively set from the Transition options, as stated before.

Much like Transitions, they can be Cloned, Played, Deleted and Reverted from their own Name-bar, and they always specify what they target in their “Name” input. Unlike Transitions, they are tailored to object-specific configurations and don’t share a lot of common parameters among their types.

Modifier Types​

  • Change Material color - targets a certain Material and enables hex color value changes;
  • Show parts - makes the chosen targeted parts visible in the Scene;
  • Hide parts - makes the chosen targeted parts invisible in the Scene;
  • Activate Transition - activates the pre-established Transition;
  • Customize - updates configurations for targeted entities, such as Renderer parameters, Camera options, Object options, Annotation properties;
  • Change Annotation Material - changes the Material of the Annotation to another one;
  • Change Material - changes the Material of a targeted object to another one;
  • Modifier Group - groups several Modifiers in a single Modifier group, mostly for convenience;
  • Activate Animation State - activates the Animation state;
  • Activate Animation Transition - activates the Animation Transition;
  • Stop Animations - Stops the active Animation.