Actions menu
The Actions menu shows actions that are available in your current context.
💻 | Right click in the viewport to open the Actions menu. |
🥽 | Use S2 to open the Palette, then use TJ → to expand the Actions menu. |
Actions
Options at the top of the Actions menu are those most commonly used to manage layers. Shortcuts are available for many actions both in VR and on desktop.
Selecting a group that contains multiple layers will make the actions below affect all the layers within that group.
The following actions are available in the Actions menu:
Actions
In order from left to right:
Action | Description | Context |
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Create a new layer. | Creates a new layer, scopes into the new layer, and switches to the Clay tool. | Always available |
Duplicate selection. | Duplicates all selected objects. The Select tool has shortcuts to quickly duplicate a selection without the Actions menu. | Requires one or more layers to be selected. |
Flip selection. | Flip the selected objects along an axis. 💻 Ctrl + click the translation control of the gizmo (the cone) to flip an object along that axis. | Requires one or more layers to be selected. |
Delete selection. | Delete all selected objects | Requires one or more layers to be selected. |
Make stamp. | Create a stamp from the selected objects. | Requires one or more layers to be selected. |
Grouping
Learn more about Grouping and scene structure here.
In order from left to right:
Action | Description | Context |
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Group | Create a group from the selected objects. | Requires one or more layers to be selected. |
Ungroup | All selected groups will be ungrouped. | Requires one or more groups to be selected. |
Merge | Flattens all selected objects into a single layer. This can be a slow operation when high resolution layers are selected. | Requires more than 1 layer to be selected. |
Resolution
In order from left to right:
Action | Description | Context |
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Increase resolution | Increase the resolution of the current layer or selected objects. Increasing resolution allows for more detail but can impact performance. | Requires one or more layers to be selected. |
Decrease resolution | Decrease the resolution of the current layer or selected objects. Decreasing resolution decreases the amount of detail possible but can improve performance. | Requires one or more layers to be selected. |
Sample resolution | Set the resolution of the current or selected layer to match that of another layer. | Requires one or more layers to be selected. |
Symmetry and Repetition
You can learn more about Symmetry, Repetition, and Locking here.
Symmetry
Action | Context |
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Toggle Mirror symmetry. | Requires layer scope. |
Toggle Radial symmetry. | Requires layer scope. |
Set number of radial duplicates. | Requires layer scope and Radial symmetry must be enabled. |
Repetition
Action | Context |
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Toggle Mirror repetition. | Requires group or scene scope. |
Toggle Radial repetition. | Requires group or scene scope. |
Set number of radial duplicates. | Requires group or scene scope and Radial repetition must be enabled. |
Visibility
Action | Context |
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Hide selection. | Always available, but no impact unless an object is selected. |
Show all - unhide all hidden objects. | Always available, but no impact unless objects are hidden. |
Isolate scope | When toggled on, any out of focus layers will be automatically hidden. |
Boolean
Learn more about Booleans here.
Action | Context |
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Begin Union boolean operation. | Requires one or more selected objects. |
Begin Difference boolean operation. | Requires one or more selected objects. |
Begin Intersection boolean operation. | Requires one or more selected objects. |