ICE Fundamentals

 
 
 

Navigating ICE Trees

You can quickly pan by clicking and dragging on the background of the view with the middle mouse button. Middle-clicking on a node still branch-selects.

Editing Compounds

  • You can now press I to edit the selected compound, and U to exit. In addition, the icon to exit a compound has changed to an up arrow and is now a little bigger.
  • The ICE tree editor remembers the last view when you enter and exit compounds.

Hiding Port Values in the Viewports

It's now easier to hide port values, even if you can't find the connection in the tree. For more information about displaying port values in general, see Displaying Port Values

To hide all values in the current view

To hide all values shown for the current tree, or the current compound and its sub-compounds, do one of the following:

  • Choose Show Hide All Port Values.
  • Right-click in the background of the ICE tree view, and choose Hide All Port Values.

To hide all values for the selected compounds

To hide all values shown for the selected compounds:

  • Choose Show Hide Port Values for Selected Node(s).
  • Right-click in the background of the ICE tree view, and choose Hide Port Values for Selected Node(s).

To toggle port value display for a connection

You can now middle-click on a connection to quickly toggle the display of port values.

Get Action Source at Frame

The new Get Action Source at Frame node returns the value at a specific frame of an item stored in an animation source. This is especially useful for crowd simulations, but can be used with any animation data stored in a source. See Get Action Source at Frame.

Build Linearly Interpolated Array

The Build Linearly Interpolated Array compound has a new Valid output port. The Valid port returns false when Size is 1. In this case, the Result is halfway between Start and End.

Miscellaneous Changes and Fixes

  • When displaying port values, the arrowheads on vectors now scale.
  • Comment and Group Comment nodes can be copied and pasted.
  • The collapsed or exposed state of port layout groups is saved when you export a compound, and used by default when you create a new instance.
  • The File Path Sequence node has a browse button for the file name, as well as the folder.
  • The default number of Substeps in the Lagoa Setup Cloth Mesh compound has been increased to 4 to give better initial results.