Generation Editor toolbar reference

Use the Generation Editor toolbar to make broad changes to the model or rearrange the Generation Editor window.

The Generation Editor toolbar.

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Actions

This menu is available only when a generator is selected.

Property	Description
Save selected as template	Save any generator arrangement you make as a template. To open saved templates, go to Add > From file.
Make geometry force from selected	Create a new geometry force from the selected generators. The force updates automatically as you modify it.
Geometry force actions	Add or remove selected generators from existing geometry forces.
	Add selected to	Add the selected generators to the specified geometry force.
	Remove selected from	Remove the selected generators from the specified geometry force.
	Replace with selected in	Replace the generators in the geometry force with the selected generators.
Hand drawing	Edit hand drawing settings. This option is only available when a Branch generator is selected.
	Clear	Remove all hand-drawn nodes and their descendants from the selected generator.
	Draw into selected	Add new hand-drawn branches to the selected generator. If disabled, this option disables the hand-drawn target for the selected generator. Once the target is disabled for a branch level, a new hand-drawn generator will be created the next time new branches are drawn on that level.
	Toggle lock on selected	Lock the selected generator so you can't hand draw new children off of it. This may be helpful for complex models where it's difficult to tell which generator a branch belongs to.
	Convert to hand drawn	Convert the selected procedural branch generators to hand-drawn generators.
Toggle visibility	Show or hide the selected generators. Hidden generators will still compute if any of their descendants are visible.
Clear node edits	Remove any node edits on the nodes of the selected generator. This option does not affect deleted nodes (unlink and relink the generator to bring back all deleted nodes).
Select nodes with edits	Select all nodes that contain node edits and switch to Node editing mode.
Select and reveal hidden nodes	Show and select all hidden nodes and switch to Node editing mode.
Clear freehand edits	Remove any freehand edits on the nodes of the selected generator.
Randomize selected	Randomize the selected generators. Variation must be applied to one or more properties for this to work.
Variance	Edit all variance applied on the selected generator.
	Clear	Clear all variance.
	All uniform	Set all variance based on a random distribution with no cohesion.
	All gaussian	Set all variance based on a Gaussian (bell curve) distribution with no cohesion.
	All cohesive	Set all variance based on a random distribution with high cohesion.
	All blended	Set all variance based on a Gaussian distribution with high cohesion.
Select	Select multiple generators at once based on the currently selected generator. This option is useful to make broad changes like making all leaves bigger.
	All like selected	Select all generators that are the same type as the selected generator.
	All like selected, same color	Select all generators that are the same type and color as the selected generator.
	All like selected at this level	Select all generators that are the same type and at the same level in the hierarchy as the selected generator.
	All descendants	Select all descendants of the selected generator.
	All descendants like selected	Select the descendants that are the same type as the selected generator.
	All descendants like selected, same color	Select the descendants that are the same type and color as the selected generator.
Cut	Copy the selected generator to the buffer and delete it.
Copy	Copy the selected generator to the buffer.
Paste	Paste the contents of the buffer and create a new generator.
Paste into	Paste the contents of the buffer into the selected generator.
Duplicate	Make a new generator that's an exact copy of the selected generator.
Rename	Give the selected generator a new name.
Delete	Delete the currently selected generators and links.
Icon colors	Change generator icon colors to organize complicated hierarchies.
	Background	Change the icon background color.
	Reset	Reset the icon background color.
	Foreground	Change the icon foreground color.
	Reset	Reset the icon foreground color.
Convert to 'Batched Leaves'	Convert a Leaf mesh generator to a Batched leaves generator. This option is only available if a Leaf mesh generator is selected.
Convert to 'Leaf Mesh'	Convert a Batched leaves generator to a Leaf mesh generator. This option is only available if a Batched leaves generator is selected.
Revert to saved	Undo all saved changes to the selected generator's properties.

Randomize

Randomize the selected generators. If no generators are selected, randomize the whole model. Variance must be applied to one or more properties for this to work.

Options

Use this menu to customize how you view generators in the generator hierarchy.

Property	Description
Zoom all	Zoom out to display all generators in the window.
Layout generators	Rearrange generators and controls in an orderly fashion.
Style	Choose how generators are organized in the window.
	Standard	Suitable for observing the model structure.
	Compact	Legacy style used in previous versions of the Modeler.
Orientation	Choose the direction in which the generators are laid out in the window.
	Portrait	Position generators vertically.
	Landscape	Position generators horizontally.
	Automatic	Position generators according to the shape of the window.
Make all generator names unique	Assign unique numbers to generators with the same name.
Paste	Paste the contents of the buffer to create a new generator.
Show all names	Display all generator names in the window.
Show selected names	Display only the names of selected generators in the window.
No statistics	Display no compute times in the window.
Total time	Display the total time (in milliseconds) that each generator took to compute in the window. Use this feature to debug long compute times.
Average time	Display the average time (in milliseconds) that the nodes in each generator took to compute in the window. Use this feature to debug long compute times.
Polygon count	Display the number of polygons in each generator in the window.
Revert all to saved	Undo all unsaved changes to the generator properties.