{"id":588,"date":"2017-07-14T17:41:51","date_gmt":"2017-07-14T16:41:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/documentation.particleflocker.com\/?post_type=docs&#038;p=588"},"modified":"2017-07-21T19:19:12","modified_gmt":"2017-07-21T18:19:12","slug":"manipulators","status":"publish","type":"docs","link":"http:\/\/documentation.particleflocker.com\/?docs=particle-flocker-user-guide\/system-components\/volumelocatornode\/manipulators","title":{"rendered":"Manipulators"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>VolumeLocatorNodes allow direct modification of the volume dimensions in the Maya view-port by way of context manipulators.<\/p>\n<p>Manipulators are a standard Maya feature which can be accessed by enabling the <em>Show Manipulator Tool<\/em> (usually the &#8216;t&#8217; key). You can read about Maya manipulators here:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/help.autodesk.com\/view\/MAYAUL\/2017\/ENU\/?guid=GUID-C79452DE-ADDE-4CFE-8A54-4E085C4BB5A5\">http:\/\/help.autodesk.com\/view\/MAYAUL\/2017\/ENU\/?guid=GUID-C79452DE-ADDE-4CFE-8A54-4E085C4BB5A5<\/a><\/p>\n<p>With the <em>Show Manipulator Tool<\/em> enabled, selecting a VolumeLocatorNode will draw the manipulators required to modify the currently selected volume type. For example, a sphere volume will have only 1 manipulator, whereas a box volume will have 3. Editing the dimensions of a standard volume is simple. Just click and drag the blue diamond to alter the dimension as shown below.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-572\" src=\"http:\/\/documentation.particleflocker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/ContextManipulator.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"385\" height=\"443\" srcset=\"http:\/\/documentation.particleflocker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/ContextManipulator.jpg 385w, http:\/\/documentation.particleflocker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/ContextManipulator-261x300.jpg 261w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 385px) 100vw, 385px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>You can also access the manipulators at any time by holding down the right-mouse button over any VolumeLocatorNode and selecting <strong>Edit Volume<\/strong> from the pop-up marking menu as shown below:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-571\" src=\"http:\/\/documentation.particleflocker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/EditVolume.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"425\" height=\"467\" srcset=\"http:\/\/documentation.particleflocker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/EditVolume.jpg 425w, http:\/\/documentation.particleflocker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/EditVolume-273x300.jpg 273w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 425px) 100vw, 425px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>You can also choose to reset the volume to its default state via the above marking menu too.<\/p>\n<h3 id=\"curve_manip\">Curve Manipulators<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/documentation.particleflocker.com\/?docs=particle-flocker-user-guide\/system-components\/volumelocatornode\/volume-types\/curve-volume\">Curve Volumes<\/a> are a specialised type of volume which require a more complex interaction method. Each curve volume is made up of a series of key points which define the radius of the volume at a specific point along the curve&#8217;s length.<\/p>\n<p>When you access the manipulator for a curve volume, each of these key points can be edited in the view-port simply by clicking and dragging the manipulator circle.<\/p>\n<p>Accessing manipulators on a curve is done in the same way as on a standard volume type:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-602\" src=\"http:\/\/documentation.particleflocker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/EditCurveVolume.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"402\" height=\"443\" srcset=\"http:\/\/documentation.particleflocker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/EditCurveVolume.jpg 402w, http:\/\/documentation.particleflocker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/EditCurveVolume-272x300.jpg 272w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 402px) 100vw, 402px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>This will draw a blue circle on each of the curve volume&#8217;s key points. These blue circles are actually editable context manipulators and can be edited simply by clicking on them and dragging either into or away from the circle&#8217;s centre point.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-610\" src=\"http:\/\/documentation.particleflocker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/CurveManipulators.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"775\" height=\"847\" srcset=\"http:\/\/documentation.particleflocker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/CurveManipulators.jpg 775w, http:\/\/documentation.particleflocker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/CurveManipulators-274x300.jpg 274w, http:\/\/documentation.particleflocker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/CurveManipulators-768x839.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 775px) 100vw, 775px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":70,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"doc_tag":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/documentation.particleflocker.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/docs\/588"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/documentation.particleflocker.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/docs"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/documentation.particleflocker.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/docs"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/documentation.particleflocker.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/documentation.particleflocker.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=588"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"http:\/\/documentation.particleflocker.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/docs\/588\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":796,"href":"http:\/\/documentation.particleflocker.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/docs\/588\/revisions\/796"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/documentation.particleflocker.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/docs\/70"}],"next":[{"title":"Volume Types","link":"http:\/\/documentation.particleflocker.com\/?docs=particle-flocker-user-guide\/system-components\/volumelocatornode\/volume-types","href":"http:\/\/documentation.particleflocker.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/docs\/470"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/documentation.particleflocker.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=588"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"doc_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/documentation.particleflocker.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fdoc_tag&post=588"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}