Layer Transfer Dialog
The Layer Transfer dialog is described below with functions for how to access it. A list of the controls on the dialog can be found in the table below.
What It Does
Lets you transfer layers from one object or version to another.
How to Access It
• Menubar | Layers > Transfer
• Right-click | layer in Layers Palette > Transfer
Layer Transfer Dialog Fields
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Control |
Type |
What it does |
Notes |
| Source | Object | dropdown | Select the object you want to transfer layers from. | |
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Source | |
dropdown | Select the version of the object you want to transfer layers from. | |
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Source | |
dropdown, text field, increment field |
Select All, Selected, or Range to specify which patches are transferred from. You can only set Patches to Selected if you have already selected patches on the model prior to opening the Layer Transfer dialog. |
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| Source | Channel | dropdown | Select the channel you want to transfer layers from. | |
| Destination | Object | dropdown | Select the object you want to transfer layers to. | |
| Destination | Version | dropdown | Select the version of the object you want to transfer layers to. | |
| Destination | Patches | dropdown, text field, increment field |
Select All, Selected, or Range to specify which patches are transferred to. You can only set Patches to Selected if you have already selected patches on the model prior to opening the Layer Transfer dialog. |
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| Destination | Channel | dropdown | Select the channel you want to transfer layers to. | |
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button | Moves all the layers that appear in the source layer list to the destination layer list. | |
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button | Moves only the selected layer in the source layer list to the destination layer list. | Multiple selections in the source list can be moved to the destination list. |
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button | Moves only the selected layer in the destination layer list back to the source layer list. | Multiple selections in the destination list can be moved to the source list. |
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button | Moves all the layers that appear in the destination layer list back to the source layer list. | |
| Transfer Method | dropdown |
Specifies the method for transferring the texture onto the destination UV map. Choose UV Remap From Bakery to use the Bakery to generate the UV coordinate mappings from the source object to the destination object. Or select the UV Remap From Fileoption if you want to use an import-like template to remap pre-generated textures based on UV coordinates. When UV Remap From File is selected, import the template in the UV Remap column. For example, if you have generated the UV map beforehand, you can load it here. |
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| UV Remap (when UV Remap from File is selected). | dropdown, file search window | Uses an import-like template to use pre-generated textures of UV coordinate remap. For example, if you have generated the UV map beforehand, you can load it here. | |
| Bleed Edges | dropdown |
Choose Yes or No to specify whether or not to bleed patch edges when applying the texture transfer. |
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| Fill Color | dropdown | Sets the fill color for new patches to either Transparent, Black, White, Mid-gray, Magenta, Foreground, or Background. | |
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button | Resets the dropdown fields in the Advanced > Sampling tab to the default options. | |
| Ok | button | Accepts the layer transfer parameters and starts the transfer. | |
| Cancel | button | Cancels the layer transfer and closes the Layer Transfer dialog. |