antz_cheatsheet_2012_04_21.txt http://openantz.com User Manunal provided with app in 'Release/antzdocs/' ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Appendix A - Command Cheat Sheet --- A.1 - Mouse Behaviour is based on the active 'Mouse Tool' mode. Use the Mouse Wheel to change tool type. Also, you can press the 'T' or click on the 'tool: ....' indicator. --- Mouse 'Combo Tool' behavior --- L - Click on an object NOT selected will select it and unselect all others L - Hold on an object NOT selected will drag only the object, DRAGS in XY L - Hold on an object CURRENTLY selected will drag all, DRAGS in XY L - Hold on background orbits object in both axes of EXAMINER mode XY R - Click on object toggles its selection on/off R - Hold on object DRAGS selected objects in XZ plane (L-R & Up-Down) R - Hold on background for camera Fly Mode L+R - Hold on background orbits and ZOOMS in and out Examiner mode XZ It is possible to switch directly between Examiner mode XZ and XY by releasing the right button and continuing to hold the left button. Note that after using FLY mode (R-Hold on background) you will then be able to use 'Look Mode' with the L-Hold. To exit to Pin Mode use 'Tab'. --- Mouse Hide and Info tools --- ALT+H - toggle 'Hide Tool' R - Click to Hide ALL sub-branches of selected node L - Click to Show ALL sub-branches of selected node 4 - Key to Show ALL nodes '~' (Tilda) - Key to Hide ALL nodes with branchlevel > 1 ALT+I - toggle 'Info Tool' R - Click to Hide Info text Tags L - Click to Show Info text Tags, additional clicks change display mode 4 - key to Show ALL Tags '~' (Tilda) - key to Hide ALL Tags --- A.2 - Keyboard Numbers, -, +, etc apply to the main keyboard, not the number pad. A useful 'bug' is to change selection to another object (TAB, New, etc..) and do this while performing a rotation, it will continue to rotate, also applies to zoom and translate... It is possible to press multiple keys at once (3-5 typical depending on the keyboard and key combo...) So for example, you can do a rotation and zoom while simultaneously changing the color. SHIFT - Reverses some functions, speeds up rotation and translation ESC - Fullscreen Toggle T - Tool type selection, SHIFT-N for previous tool. X - change active aXes, for non-uniform scaling, channels, segments --- Node Creation --- N - New node, creates nodes, (SHIFT-N to create a new primary torus) Del - Delete node, deletes active node and all its child branches --- Selection --- Tab - select sibling node, (SHIFT+Tab for previous) Enter - select child node (SHIFT+Enter for parent) C - select Camera, repeat to select next camera G - select Grid, repeat to iterate through grids 4 - select ALL nodes ~ (tilda) un-select ALL nodes ? - select or unselect currently active object --- Translate Camera or Objects --- A - decrease X D - increase X W - increase Y S - decrease Y E - increase Z Q - decrease Z --- Rotate Arrows --- Left - rotate left Right - rotate right Up - rotate up Down - rotate down --- Scale --- Z - Scale objects up (SHIFT+Z for down) based on active aXes 'X' -- scaling Z-axis of the root 'G'rid will compact/expand entire scene --- Topology & Geometry --- J - Change 'topo' type, also changes the geometry primitive -- SHIFT-J will change the facet (on a cube...) O (alpha) - Object geometry, does not change the 'topo' type. R - Ratio sets inner radius of a torus, SHIFT-R to reduce. Y - Grid Segments, adds (or SHIFT-Y to subtract) 2D and 3D layers -- effected by the active aXes (Z axis creates 3D grid layers) --- Color & Transparency --- '+' (plus) - next color '-' (minus) - previous color 9 - less opaque (more translucent) 0 (zero) - more opaque (less translucent) B - Background color, toggle between black and white R - Rescale normals toggle, effects lighting of scaled objects 8 - change transparency mode (3 alpha modes + none) V - Video or Image texture map (SHIFT for previous) F - Freeze; H Hide; [ - Low set point (effected by active aXes) ] - High set point --- Scene Presets --- 5 - Preset 1 6 - Preset 2 7 - Preset 3 --- State Files --- K - Keep(SAVE) writes a time-stamped ANTzYrMoDaHrMnSe.csv L - Load CSV file using File Dialog 1 - Load ANTZ0001.CSV (SHIFT + 1 to save) 2 - Load ANTZ0002.CSV (SHIFT + 2 to save) 3 - Load ANTZ0003.CSV (SHIFT + 3 to save) --- IO Channels --- P - Loads and Plays channels data (ANTzCh0001.csv & ANTzChMap0001.csv) > - Channel Up < - Channel Down spacebar - Pause and Play animation --- URL recordID Retrieval --- U - open URL with recordID in a browser --- GUI Console --- M - Menu display mode (1, 3, or 40 lines, then off) --- Info Text Tags --- I - Info toggle for display of Text Tags (Outline Title, Color Title, Desc)