It would be very helpful when using the Vector Grouping Tool to be able to see which groups (i.e. Hair01, Skin01, etc.) have an object assigned to it. Maybe have those group names in a bold font to indicate something is assigned to that group.

Too many times have I tried to use a group that I thought was not used but then find out it was. The only way to currently see if a group is used is to scan each body part in the Vector Grouping Tool to see if the group I want to use has been assigned, which is tedious.

Also, there is no way to remove a Part from a group. There should be a "unassigned" button to remove a part from a group.

The "Undo" also does not work in the Vector Grouping Tool. I find that if I assign a part to the wrong group it changes the color and there doesn't seem to be a way to undo it.

Jeff


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While in the Vector grouping Tool, you can not scroll up and down.  You can only zoom in and out.  This is fine when you only have a hand full or sprites to group.  However, when you get to hands and eyes it's really hard to see which ones are highlighted especially if you design more hands than the standard 13 Reallusion recommends and keep in mind, it's showing all the views in one screen. 


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Actually Toons, you can also Pan around by holding the Alt key on the keyboard and simultaneously click and drag with the left mouse button.  Rotate the wheel up or down on the mouse to zoom in and out.)

I agree though, this should be a bit more streamlined, I only know about it because its a similar keyboard shortcut used in another software but I dont think it was ever documented in the CTA manual.

I would add, maybe add visual selection of items so we can just click on color groups instead of hunting down via the little spreadsheet view on that panel.





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Thanks for the tip!!

This has been a huge pain in the butt.  I dread the vector grouping process, especially when I get to the hands.  I can't wait to test it out.

Janell

                   

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The ones I hate working on the most are the eyes, and the mouths, because there's just so many sprites and potential groups within each sprite that its gets pretty cluttered in there visually, everything gets really tiny.



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It would be very helpful when using the Vector Grouping Tool to be able to see which groups (i.e. Hair01, Skin01, etc.) have an object assigned to it.

+1
Also It would nice we could custom 1...8  labeling self

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