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Viz Engine Administrator Guide

Version 5.0 | Published December 20, 2022 ©

User Interface

This section describes the user interface settings. Some of these settings are also available in Viz Artist.

Various

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  • Show “Blur” fonts: Sets the default show or hide blur fonts in the Server area. The option can then be toggled with the Item Context Menu (see the Viz Artist User Guide).

  • Show “Outline” fonts: Sets the default for showing or hiding the outline fonts in the Server area. The option can then be toggled with the Item Context Menu (see the Viz Artist User Guide).

  • Import Default Type: Selects the default item type for imports, which is pre-selected in the GUI Import Menu. Options are:

    • Fonts

    • Images

    • Geometries

    • Scenes

    • Audio

    • Archives

  • Auto Grab Focus: Grabs focus once a widget is hovered over when set to Active. When Inactive, a middle mouse click grabs the focus, as a left and right-click do.

  • Allow Folder Move: Allows or restricts the user’s ability to move/organize projects and folders in a Graphic Hub. Options:

    • Normal: Drag folders freely, as required to move (Default setting).

    • w/Shift: Press SHIFT and drag to move folder or folders.

    • No: No folder movement allowed.

  • Performance Update Interval: Sets how often Viz Engine should update the Performance Bar when it is opened.

  • On Air Info Update Interval: Sets the update interval for the On Air Information Panel window. Note that a shorter interval decreases render performance. Setting to 0 means that no update occurs.

  • Default Merge Mode: Sets the default merge behavior available in the Viz Artist user interface. Options are:

    • Merge

    • [Merge] to sub director

    • [Merge] w/actions & events

    • [Merge] w/actions and events to sub director (w/A. & E. to Subd.)

  • Default Split Mode: Sets the default split behavior available in the Viz Artist user interface. Options are:

    • Split

    • [Split] to existing director

  • Default Color Space: Selects RGB or HSV as the default color space for the Material editor

  • Update Control Text: Makes Update Control Text active or inactive:

    • Active: Updates the Control text in Control Objects with every key stroke.

    • Inactive: Does not update the Control text in Control Objects with every key stroke.

  • Script Middle Mouse Copy: Enables or disables the middle mouse button copy and paste function in the Script Editor.

  • Gui Timeout (ms): Defines the timeout threshold in milliseconds when awaiting command replies from the Engine. After the specified time, a timeout dialog is displayed. The minimum and default value 180000, or 180 seconds.

  • Off Air Shortcut: Selects the shortcut that takes the render On Air window to Off Air.

Tip: Adjust the timeout value if timeouts occur when loading very large scenes in Viz Artist.

Tree Colors

The Colors tab gives the ability to change the colors for containers in the Scene Tree. A Container with a color code can be used as search criteria in the Scene Tree (see Scene Tree Menu in the Viz Artist User Guide).

Example: All text Containers can be colored gray and tagged Text, while all Containers that hold images can be colored green and tagged Image, and so on.

Four colors are configured and active by default with no text descriptions. Click Set to Default to set all color bars to their default setting. The color options are available in the GUI Scene Settings panel in the Tree Color Text setting, and available for use in the Scene Tree panel.

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Click Save then restart Viz Artist for the changes to take effect.

To Change the Amount of Active Colors

In the Active Colors field enter the amount of colors to be active. Up to 16 colors can be configured and made active.

Shortcuts

Note: Shortcuts can currently not be configured!

The shortcuts view shows all available asset view, scene tree and property actions and the currently assigned shortcuts. All shortcut configurations are saved to the database into the user table for personalization.

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  • Asset View, Scene Tree and Properties: Shows all server actions and their currently assigned shortcuts.

  • Shortcuts: Shows a list of available shortcut key-combinations that can be assigned to the selected action when clicked.

  • Reset All Shortcuts: Resets all shortcuts to the default setup.