XGen Window toolbar

The XGen Window toolbar provides access to frequently used functions. These options are also available from the XGen Shelf.

Open the XGen Window

Opens the XGen Window which lets you create and edit XGen Descriptions and Collections. All attributes settings for primitive appearance, placement, behavior, previewing, and rendering can be set in the XGen Window.

Opens the Create XGen Description window which lets you create new Collections and Descriptions.

Preview

Click this to display primitives generated by the current attribute settings of Descriptions. Displaying a preview in the Maya scene view after modifying primitive attributes and before you render is part of a typical XGen workflow. You can select from the following Preview options:

Update Preview Automatically

A preview automatically displays when an attribute value is modified. You can turn this on in addition to the other Preview options.

When turned off, the preview icon changes to this icon:

Preview Current Description Only

Displays the preview of the Description currently selected in the XGen window.

Preview All Descriptions in the Collection

Displays the preview of all the Descriptions contained by the Collection currently selected in the XGen window.

Preview All Collections

Displays the preview of all the Descriptions contained by all the Collections in the scene.

Preview Selected Objects Only

Only selected primitives display in the preview.

Clear Preview

Clears the display of the primitive generation. You can select from the following Clear Preview options:

Clear Current Description Only

Clears the preview display of the Description currently selected in the XGen window.

Clear All Descriptions in the Collection

Clears the preview display of all the Descriptions contained by the Collection currently selected in the XGen window.

Clear All Collections

Clears the preview display of each Description in all of the Collections in scene.

Clear Selected Objects Only

Clears the preview display of the selected objects.

Create Description

Opens the Create XGen Description window which lets you create new Collections and Descriptions.

Bind Patches

Lets you change which faces are bound to patches for the selected Description. See Bind Patches.

Add / Guides

Toggles the Guide Tool. Use this tool to add guides to the surface of the geometry and to move guides on the surface.

You can a guide in the scene view to access options to further work with guides, including moving and copying. The Utilities tab has a number or options that you can use to manipulate guide.

Guide Visibility

Toggles guide visibility on and off.

Guide Selection

Enables guide selection.

Mirror Guides

Adds mirrored versions of the selected guides to the opposite side (along the x-axis) of the geometry. Use this option to quickly populate the geometry with mirrored placement and shape selected guides.

Patch / Geometry Visibility

(XGen Shelf only) Toggles between patch and geometry display.

XGen Patch /Geometry

Toggles between the display of geometry and patches to just patches.

Primitive Selection

Enables primitive selection. Use this option to select individual primitives in your scene.

Cull Selected Primitives

Lets you cull selected primitives. See Culling.