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Shelf

Intro

The Shelf is located at the top of the default Workspace and contains shortcut buttons for setting up quick actions that can be used to speed up common workflows.

Buttons

Duplicator

Create a Duplicator and add any selected Shapes to its Input Shapes attribute.

Extrude

Create an Extrude Shape and add any selected Shapes to its Input Shapes attribute.

Forge Dynamics

Create an Forge Dynamics Shape and add any selected Shapes to its Bodies attribute.

Align

Add an Align Behaviour to the Composition and connect it to the Deformers attribute of any selected Shapes.

Rig Control

Add a Rig Control to the Composition.

Animation Control

Add an Animation Control to the Composition.

Rubber Hose

Create a default Rubber Hose Limb. If a Shape is selected the Rubber Hose will be connected to its Deformers attribute.

Cel Animation

Create a Cel Animation Shape and enable the Pencil tool (unless the Pen tool is already active).

Text along a Path

With a Text Shape and a Shape selected, clicking the Text along a Path button will connect the Path to the Text Shape's Text Path attribute placing the Text along the Path. It will also connect the Text Shape's Path Travel to the Composition's Time meaning that it will move along the Path in playback. Remove this connection to customise the animation.

Scheduling Group - Schedule

Add the selected Shapes to a Scheduling Group and check the Sequence attribute.

Scheduling Group - Stagger

Add the selected Shapes to a Scheduling Group, add a Stagger Behaviour and connect it to the Scheduling Group's Child Offset.

Layout Group - Horizontal

Add the selected Shapes to a Layout Group with its Direction attribute set to Horizontal.

Layout Group - Vertical

Add the selected Shapes to a Layout Group with its Direction attribute set to Vertical.

Layout Group - Grid

Add the selected Shapes to a Grid Layout Row embedded within a Grid Layout Group.