Schematic View Rollout

 

In the Schematic View rollout menu the colors of the main thinkingParticles UI can be easily adjusted or modified. Be aware that the changes are stored in a separate Thinking.ini file that is stored within the 3ds Max/PLUGCFG folder.

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Colors
- Click on the color swatch next to the feature of which you want to change the color. You will be presented with a standard 3ds Max Color Picker.

Disable Opacity
- This spinner sets how opaque a disabled Node is within the Wire Setup View. Higher values will produce more opaque disabled nodes, while lower values will make disabled nodes more transparent.

Shadow Opacity
- lets you control the shadow opacity of the DynamicSet nodes.

Text Anti-aliasing
- Activate this checkbox to have anti-aliasing applied to the text within the Wire Setup View. Default is On.

Line Anti-aliasing
- Activate this checkbox to have anti-aliasing applied to the operator wiring lines within the Wire Setup View. Default is On.

Shadow
- check this option to create backdrop shadows for nodes in the DynamicSet view.

Bended Wire
- when checked, the connection lines are drawn in a curvy manner.

Grid
- check this option to enable the grid in the DynamicSet View.

Expert Mode - Activate this option to enable a compressed thinkingParticles UI layout. All nodes will only show one input/ output line with no input or output data streams visible. In expert mode, connections have to be drawn from the main Input/Output connectors, so do not use this mode unless you are very comfortable with wiring the nodes together, and want to conserve your on-screen real estate.