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Working with blind data

Working with blind data

Apply blind data to components

 

User Guide > Modeling > Polygonal Modeling > Blind data > Working with blind data > 

Set up the structure of blind data

Before you add blind data to polygons, you must set up how the information is structured using a template. A template is a list of attributes and presets.

To define a new template

1. Select Window > General Editors > Blind Data Editor.
2. Click the Type Editor tab.
3. Click the New button below the list on the left side. You may need to resize the window to see it.
4. Enter an ID number and Name for the template, and set the Association Type to the component type this template is associated with (or Any).
5. Enter the Long name, Short name, and Data type of the first attribute in the template.
6. For any additional attributes you want to add, click the New Attr button to add more fields.
7. You can define presets, which will load pre-defined values into each attribute. For any presets you want to create, click the New Preset button. Enter a Preset name and a value for each attribute.
8. Click the Save button below the list on the left side.
   NoteIf you are entering a new blind data type in the Blind Data Editor, and Save does not save the new type, (and there is no error message indicating that the type is invalid in some way, such as a duplicate id), select an existing type, press Save, perform New again and enter the new type. The editor may have been confused by an incomplete edit done earlier.

To edit an existing template

1. Select Window > General Editors > Blind Data Editor.
2. Click the Type Editor tab.
3. Click the name of the template in the list on the left.
4. Edit the fields to change the template’s Name, Association type, and Free Set values. You can also edit and add new presets.

You can save a template to a template file. This is useful if you want to use the same template in multiple scenes.

Export a template to a file

1. Select Window > General Editors > Blind Data Editor.
2. Click the Type Editor tab.
3. Click the Export button below the list on the left side.

You can save a template to a text file. This is useful if you want to:

• Convert the template information to some other form, such as a program structure.
• Show the template to other people, such as a level designer.

Export a template to a text file

1. Select Window > General Editors > Blind Data Editor.
2. Click the Type Editor tab.
3. Click the Text Dump button below the list on the left side.