About Editing an Environment

You can edit the environment and the walls properties and definition.

This page discusses:

Environment Definition

The environment parameters help you define the name, dimensions, position, and textures of an environment.

To access the Environment definition dialog box, do one of the following:

In the tree, right-click an environment and then select xxx_object > Definition.
In the tree, double-click an environment.

You can edit the environment parameters in different ways:


Action	Result
Using arrows	Edits the values of data, such as length or width.
Using sliders	Edits the values of data, such as length or width.
Typing values	Directly enters values.
Clicking a precise wall	Applies a texture on the selected wall.
Clicking	Resets the values.

Tip:

To disable the bottom face of a spherical environment, select One Face.

To preview the wall images and change their positions, the following options are available:


Options	Result
Image	Applies the image to the selected wall texture.
Scale U and Scale V	Determines how the texture is stretched along the U and V axes.
Position U and Position V	Determine the position of the texture along the U and V axes. By default, the image is centered.
Orientation	Defines the rotation of the texture on the surfaces.

Notes:

To enable these options, click to choose an image for the texture of the wall.
Click to resize U and V proportionally. This option is useful for square shapes, such as floor material.

Other options are available:


Icon	Option	Result
	Flip along U	Inverts the material texture along the U axis.
	Flip along V	Inverts the material texture along the V axis.
	Enable Shadows	Enables shadow casting on the wall.
	Fit All in Wall	Automatically scales the texture to fit in the wall.
-	Lock Texture Fit	Prevents texture fit alteration when you modify the environment size.

The environment properties help you define the feature name, graphic properties, dimensions, and the position of an environment.

In this tab, you can enter a feature name for the environment.

The creation and the last modification dates are displayed.

In this tab, you can edit:

The walls properties help you define the texture, lighting, and graphic properties of a wall.

In this tab, the following options are available:


Option	Description
Image Name	Defines an image for the texture of the wall. Select to search for an image in the Texture Image Chooser.
Flip U, V	Defines the image stretch and position along the U and V axis, and its orientation. Note: To resize U and V proportionally, select Links U and V scales .
Lock Texture Fit	Prevents texture fit alteration when you modify the environment size.
Scale U, V	Defines the image scale along the U and V axis.
Position U, V	Defines the image position along the U and V axis.
Orientation	Defines the image orientation.
Fit All In Wall	Automatically scales the texture to fit in the wall.

In this tab, you can enable shadows on walls by clicking the On check box.

In this tab, you can edit the following graphic properties of a wall: