2D Display properties

The 2D display settings let you customize the look of the 2D Handle and the Handle’s knob so you can easily identify and select it.

Handles: 2D Display properties

Customizing Handles is a good idea if you have a crowded scene where you cannot easily select the Handle without selecting something else.

Note

You can have both 2D and 3D handles simultaneously.

Select the Handle to display the Handle settings in the Properties window.

Visibility

Deactivate the Visibility option to hide the 2D Handle.

Display Link

Lets you show or hide the line that displays between the Handle knob and the Follow object.

Show Link option A. The Show Link option is active. B. Show Link is disabled.

Label

Click the Label field to give the Handle a name that appears on the handle.

This is not the same as renaming a handle in the Scene browser.

2D Display Color

Use the Color R, G, and B fields to set a different color for the 2D Handle. (The default is white.)

Image

Attach an image to your Handle so you can identify it quickly in crowded scenes. To do so, click the Asset List button in the Image field and select an image from the Asset list.

Display Mode menu

Lets you choose how the 2D Handle knob is shown in the Viewer window.

There are two options:

Always the same XY distance from the object, relative to the Viewer.

Always the same XYZ distance from the object, relative to the 3D world of the scene.

Translation Offset

Lets you modify the X, Y and Z distance of the 2D Handle from the Follow object.

Size

Increase or decrease the size of the Handle knob so you can select it easily.

Auto-Size to Viewer

Activate to make the Handle a consistent size Label text, no matter how far away you get from it.

Activate Autosize to Viewer to make the handle the same size no matter how close you zoom in.

Auto-Size to Text

Activate to make the 2D Handle accommodate the label text (Label field), regardless of the Handle size or camera distance.

Using Auto-Scale to Text, the handle accommodates any text entered in the Label field

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