The Character Maker proposes a diversity of controls and shortcuts to manage and combine nodes. This page lists all the classic manipulations helpful in designing and debugging a Skeleton Mapping and a Motion Mapping.

Workspace manipulations

Mapping Nodes MANIPULATIONS

Select nodes

• Left-click *on the node. Use *SHIFT key for multiple selection
• Drag-and-drop inside the workspace to use the rubber selection band

Add a node

• Drag-and-drop the desired node from the Skeleton Mapping Nodes into the workspace. A new node will be created
• Press "TAB" key inside the workspace and use the hotbox. A new node will be created

Remove a node

• Press Delete Key after selecting the node in the workspace
• Use "Remove" in the context menu

Link nodes

• Use the link button  to draw a link between nodes
• Drag the mouse while holding the mouse middle-button in order to draw a link between nodes

Link multiple nodes

• Select multiple nodes for the source or the destination
• Use the link button or the middle mouse button to draw links from or to the selected nodes

Unlink nodes

• Drag-and-drop with *ALT+mouse-left *desired node out of the link
• Use ALT+mouse-left and drag to draw a razor . Release to cut links
• Use "Unlink" in the node context menu

Rename nodes

• Use "Rename" in the node context menu