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Applies to 2025 Update and later

 
 

Modify supports

Filters for individual, already existing support entities based on criteria and regenerates them with updated parameters

Parameter Description Notes
Description

Holds a text label for the action that remains visible even when the action parameters are collapsed in the script tab

Color

Sets a display color for the support elements generated by this action

Cannot be reverted once changed, only explicitly set to a new color

Ignored for this action

Above Z, Below Z, Apply Z range to

Only those support entities are selected for modification that fall into this Z range either fully or at least partly

  • Entire element
  • Upper end
  • Lower end
Minimum height, Maximum height

Limit selection of support entities by their vertical length

Connected support handling

Supports consisting of multiple connected elements, like bars in bouquets, can either count as a whole for this filtering or have their individual elements count separately. For example, keep a long solid-bar stem and convert the shorter branches to thin bars with single-pass cross-type cross-sections.

Support type

This action works only one type of support at a time. Use separate instances of this action to process other types.

Bar, Polyline, Volume

Override values

Opens a dialog with support properties for the selected entity type to override

Depends on selection of Support type

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