Modifier Module

Overview

When a project becomes complex and there are many similar modifiers the Modifier Module helps to manage modifiers with bulk operations that change parameters for more than one of them simultaneously.

On the right, the Modifier Module contains a list of all modifiers that have been set up in the project.

The list has four columns that classify the modifiers and help identify and select them. Clicking on the head of a column groups the list according to that property in alphabetical order. This allows to easily work with a certain type of modifier. Different background colors for the fields further helps with the the classification and reduces mistakes in the selection of modifiers.

The first column contains the Type, which can be Density, Taper, Point, Bump, Squeeze, etc.

The second column indicates the Group the modifier belongs to, such as Particle, Transform or Geometry.

The third column contains the name that the user gave to the modifiers. If no name was given, then this field is empty.

The fourth column contains the name of the object the modifier is applied to.

Select a modifier by clicking anywhere on its row in the list. Selected modifiers are highlighted in blue.

On the right side, the parameters of a selected modifier are shown. The parameters can be changed there.

To select multiple modifiers keep the Ctrl key pressed while you click on the modifiers to be included in the selection. To select all modifier within a certain range in the list, select the first one and the use Shift-click to select the last one. All modifiers in between will then be included in the selection.

The parameters shown on the right will be those of the first modifier selected in the set.

When you change parameters with more than one modifier selected, all selected modifiers will now have this parameter value.

Filter: Use the filter function to display only a subset of modifiers. To achieve that start typing a word in the Filter text field. For instance, if you would like to see only the Texture Displacement modifiers, then type "Texture Displacement". You can use any word that may appear in the four columns to filter them.