Context Menus

UnigineEditor has context menus to facilitate various operations. In addition to commonly used operations, such as Create, Delete, Cut, Copy, Paste, Rename, Clear, Open, there are specific operations that depend on the window or parameter.

Operations of the Asset Browser window context menu:

Place as Node Reference	Create a node reference by placing a selected *.node asset in the scene.
Place as Node Layer	Create a node layer by placing a selected *.node asset in the scene.
Place as Node Content	Create a node by placing a selected *.node asset, which can be any node type or a hierarchy of nodes, in the scene.
Inherit	Create a child asset. Available for materials and properties.
Reimport	Reimport a previously imported file. Used to implement updates that have been performed in a source file after the import.
Show in Explorer	Show a selected file in Explorer.
Show Runtime in Explorer	Show the runtime file of a selected file in Explorer.

Operations of the World Hierarchy window context menu:

Select Child Nodes	Select all child nodes of a node without selecting the parent node itself. Available for parent nodes.
Focus	Make the scene camera focus on the node.
Move to Camera	Move the selected node into the scene camera's focus.
Create a Node Reference	Create a node reference of a selected node and store it in the current folder of the Asset Browser.
Create Mesh	Create a mesh of a selected node and store it in the current folder of the Asset Browser.
Create FBX	Create an *.fbx file of a selected node and store it in the current folder of the Asset Browser.
Create Mesh Clusters from Hierarchy	Create a mesh cluster or clusters from a selected hierarchy.
Group	Create a dummy node and make selected nodes its child nodes.
Make Parent	Select a group of nodes and make a right-clicked node a parent of the group.
Unparent	Detach a node from its parent. A detached node is placed at the same level as the former parent.
Clone	Clone a selected node.

Context menus of the Materials Hierarchy and Properties Hierarchy windows are identical:

Inherit	Create a child asset.
Clone	Clone an asset.
Show Asset	Show an asset in the Asset Browser.
Rename	Rename an asset.
Delete	Permanently delete an asset from the hierarchy and the asset folder. This action cannot be undone.

The Viewport Window has two context menus depending on where you click: if you click a node, the context menu is the same as in the World Hierarchy window, clicking outside any node opens the Create menu.

The Parameters Tab has several types of context menu depending on the parameter's type.

Spinbox context menu#

The context menu of spinboxes contains the following operations:

Step up

Add one (+1) to the current value. This operation can be also performed by scrolling, when the cursor is in the spinbox. Scrolling while holding the Ctrl key pressed adds 10 each step.

Step down

Subtract one (-1) from the current value. This operation can be also performed by scrolling, when the cursor is in the spinbox. Scrolling while holding the Ctrl key pressed subtracts 10 each step.

Maths

A list of math operations:

Add — add an entered value to the current value.
Subtract — substract an entered value from the current value.
Multiply — multiply the current value by an entered value.
Divide — divide the current value by an entered value.
Round To — round to a multiple of a specified value entered by a user. This math operation can be used to avoid the accumulation of rounding errors. A rounded value is calculated as follows:
1. Current Value / Entered Value = Real Number.
2. Real Number is transformed to Natural Number by cutting off any digits after the decimal point.
3. Natural Number * Entered Value = Rounded Value.

Properties context menu#

The context menu of node and surface properties is displayed by clicking right to the property field and contains the following operations:

Copy Values	Copy values of all parameters of a property.
Paste Values	Paste values to all destination parameters that have the same name and type as the parameters of the copied property.
Move Up	Move a property one line up in the list of properties.
Move Down	Move a property one line down in the list of properties.
Reset	Set all property values to default.

Surface context menu#

The surface context menu is displayed by clicking in the top-right corner of the surfaces section and contains the following operations that facilitate the copy/paste procedure:

Copy Parameters	Copy parameters of selected surfaces.
Paste Parameters Sequentially	Paste parameters copied from source surfaces to destination surfaces in the order they appear in the hierarchy.
Paste Parameters By Surface Names	Paste copied parameters if their surface names are the same as destination surface names.

Chapters:

Asset Browser#

World Hierarchy#

Materials Hierarchy, Properties Hierarchy#

Viewport Window#

Parameters Tab#

Spinbox context menu#

Properties context menu#

Surface context menu#