The Operation Dialog Box

Whenever you create or edit an operation, a specific dialog box appears to let you define your parameters.

This page discusses:

Header
Operator Subcategory
Inputs
Footer


	See Header.
	See Operator Subcategory.
	See Inputs.
	See Footer.

Header

The dialog box's header displays global information on the object and provides commands to manage the operation.


	Name of the object Clicking the name lets you define a new name.
	Name of the operator
	Output dimensions Clicking the number displays the output structure of the operation. Hovering over an output item in the list highlights it in the 3D area.
	Actions and Color Depending on the selected object, several actions are available: : lets you define an output as favorite. : lets you define a node as controller. For more information, see Experimenting with Controllers. : lets you monitor an output. For more information, see About Monitored Outputs. Clicking lets you apply a color to the geometry resulting from the operation.
	Menu Provides additional commands such as Center in Graph and lets you display contextual help. For more information, see Reframe the View in the Graph Editor.

Operator Subcategory

In this area, the operators belonging to the same subcategory as the edited operation are displayed.

Clicking an operator lets you convert the operation into another type belonging to the same subcategory. During the conversion, inputs and outputs connected to the initial operation node are updated to be connected to the new operation node.

Inputs

In this area, the operation's inputs are listed to let you edit the parameters of an operation. Each row corresponds to an input.


	Status of the input Displays a color to indicate the status of each input: Green: the input has a value. Orange: the input needs to be connected to allow the computation of the operation. Gray: the input's parameter is not mandatory. It can be set or unset.
	Name of the input When the input is connected, you can click its name to navigate to the connected node. As a consequence, the operation dialog box of the triggered node appears. Note: To easily navigate between the nodes involved in an operation, you can use the navigation bar provided in the footer.
	Edition area Lets you edit the value of your inputs.
	Menu Provides additional commands specific to an input. For numeral inputs, commands for creating a node are available. If the numeral input is connected, the Formula command is also provided to apply a new formula to the value of the selected input. For connected inputs, a list of operators is available in the Decorate list to let you preprocess the input before its computation.

Footer

From the footer, you can navigate your operations and validate or cancel your modifications.

For new operations, you can also activate the Repeat mode.

Repeat Mode

The Repeat mode lets you create successively the same operation.

When you select a command to add a new operation in your design sequence, activating the Repeat mode lets you create the same operation over again until you deactivate the mode.

When the mode is activated and you validate an operation, the command remains active and you can specify the parameters of a second operation of the same type as the one previously validated.

Important:

When you navigate existing nodes or edit an existing operation, the Repeat mode is not available.
Canceling an operation deactivates the Repeat mode.
When you click a new command, the Repeat mode is always deactivated.

Navigation Bar

The navigation bar lets you navigate your nodes by displaying their operation dialog box.

Clicking the name of a connected input closes the operation dialog box of the current node and displays the operation dialog box of the node that is connected to the input.

In this dialog box, the navigation bar appears.

In the box, the name of the operation from which you start your navigation is displayed. Clicking lets you navigate back to this node.

If you click several connected inputs to go back up in your design, you can click the box to display the history of your navigation. The name of the operations are listed:

To display the operation dialog box of one specific node, select it in the list and click .