Revision as of 21:53, 14 February 2016

Overview

The Voxel Editor is where you will create the voxel models for your tiles, objects, and characters. It is similar to drawing pixel art but with a third dimension. You select a color and then click (or click and drag) to draw voxels. The depth of the cursor (forward and backward) is adjusted using the scroll wheel on your mouse.

Components

Toolbar

• New: Opens the New Resource dialog.
• Save: Saves the voxel model. This will become enabled any time changes have been made to the model.
• Save As: Saves the voxel model to a new file with a different name. A dialog will open to prompt for the new name and type (tile, object, or character). Once saved, the voxel model will be opened in a new tab.
• Clear: Removes all voxels from the current frame.
• Import: Imports voxel data from the MagicaVoxel (.vox) format (experimental feature).
• Export: Exports the current frame into a .OBJ format file that can be loaded into external applications such as Blender.
• View: Changes the viewing angle for "Paint Mode". The available views are Front, Back, Left, Right, Top, and Bottom.
• Paint Mode: Changes to "Paint Mode". In this mode, you can place and delete voxels to build your model.
• View Mode: Changes to "View Mode". In this mode, you can right-click and drag to get a full 360-degree view of your model.
• Voxel Color: Selects the color to use when painting voxels.
• Replace Color: Displays a color picker to replace the currently selected voxel color with a new color. All animation frames will be affected.
• Shift Model Up: Shifts the entire model up by one voxel (relative to Front View). Only the current animation frame will be affected.
• Shift Model Down: Shifts the entire model down by one voxel (relative to Front View). Only the current animation frame will be affected.
• Shift Model Left: Shifts the entire model left by one voxel (relative to Front View). Only the current animation frame will be affected.
• Shift Model Right: Shifts the entire model right by one voxel (relative to Front View). Only the current animation frame will be affected.
• Shift Model Forward: Shifts the entire model forward by one voxel (relative to Front View). Only the current animation frame will be affected.
• Shift Model Backward: Shifts the entire model backward by one voxel (relative to Front View). Only the current animation frame will be affected.

3D View

Animation Toolbar

• Frame: Displays the current frame number and total number of frames.
• Frame: Displays the current frame number and total number of frames.
• Frame: Displays the current frame number and total number of frames.
• Frame: Displays the current frame number and total number of frames.
• Frame: Displays the current frame number and total number of frames.

Properties Panel

Controls/Shortcut Keys

Edit Mode

• Left Mouse Button: Place voxel at cursor position.
• Scroll Wheel: Adjust depth of voxel cursor.
• D: Delete voxel at cursor position.
• E or Middle Mouse Button: Grab voxel color at cursor position (eyedropper).
• Right Mouse Button + Drag: Rotate camera.

View Mode

• Right Mouse Button + Drag: Rotate model.