Template Preferences

Parameter Description
Paste/Drag & Drop

Always Create New Drawings: By default, when you import timeline templates in the right section of the Timeline view, to stack them, the system will analyze and create only the non-existing drawings and only expose the existing ones. When enabled, this option automatically creates new drawings for every one of them that is exposed.

Palettes:

• Ask User: When dropping a template into a scene, the system will ask if you want to link the palette to the original or create a local copy in the scene.
• Use Original Palette: The system will automatically link drawing elements to the original palette file. If the original palette is not encountered a local copy will be created.
• Use Copy of Palettes: The system will automatically create a local copy of the palette in the scene.
Editing Template

Generate Thumbnails Automatically: Automatically create thumbnails for the template when you want to see the thumbnails in the Library or when saving a template modification.
Action Templates

When applying an animated template to the Timeline view, the palettes from the template will behave based on the behaviour selected.

  • Ask user: When dropping a template into a scene, the system will ask if you want to link the palette to the original or create a local copy in the scene.

  • Link to original palettes: Links the colour palettes in the destination scene to the palettes in the source. Use this to link drawings to the palettes in a colour model.

  • Copy Palettes if they do not exist: Palettes in the destination drawings are left unchanged. However, if the Palettes do not exist in the destination, the Palettes will be added to the Palette List.

  • Do Nothing: Does not create, overwrite, merge or link palettes.

NOTE By default, the Action Templates are set to Do Nothing.
Node Templates

When applying a template to your scene that will create nodes, the palettes will behave based on the behaviour selected.

Ask user: When dropping a template into a scene, the system will ask if you want to link the palette to the original or create a local copy in the scene.

Link to original palettes: Links the colour palettes in the destination scene to the palettes in the source. Use this to link drawings to the palettes in a colour model.

Copy Palettes if they do not exist: Palettes in the destination drawings are left unchanged. However, if the Palettes do not exist in the destination, the Palettes will be added to the Palette List.

Do Nothing: Does not create, overwrite, merge or link palettes.

NOTE By default, the Node Templates are set to Copy palettes if they do not exist.