Voxel Editor

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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

Voxel editor toolbar.png

  • Page white add.png New: Opens the New Resource dialog.
  • Disk.png Save: Saves the voxel model. This will become enabled any time changes have been made to the model.
  • Disk multiple.png 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.png Clear: Removes all voxels from the current frame.
  • Brick add.png Import: Imports voxel data from the MagicaVoxel (.vox) format (experimental feature).
  • Lorry go.png 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.
  • Paintbrush.png Paint Mode: Changes to "Paint Mode". In this mode, you can place and delete voxels to build your model.
  • Eye.png 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.
  • Color swatch.png 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.
  • Arrow up.png Shift Model Up: Shifts the entire model up by one voxel (relative to Front View). Only the current animation frame will be affected.
  • Arrow down.png Shift Model Down: Shifts the entire model down by one voxel (relative to Front View). Only the current animation frame will be affected.
  • Arrow left.png Shift Model Left: Shifts the entire model left by one voxel (relative to Front View). Only the current animation frame will be affected.
  • Arrow right.png Shift Model Right: Shifts the entire model right by one voxel (relative to Front View). Only the current animation frame will be affected.
  • Blue arrow down.png Shift Model Forward: Shifts the entire model forward by one voxel (relative to Front View). Only the current animation frame will be affected.
  • Blue arrow up.png 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

Voxel editor 3d view.png

Animation Toolbar

Animation toolbar.png

  • Film.png Frame: Displays the current frame number and total number of frames.
  • Resultset first.png View First Frame: Jumps to the first animation frame.
  • Blue arrow left.png View Previous Frame: Shows the previous animation frame.
  • Blue arrow right.png View Next Frame: Shows the next animation frame.
  • Resultset last.png View Last Frame: Jumps to the last animation frame.

Properties Panel

Voxel properties.png


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.
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