WorkLink Create: Preferences Window
You can configure the default settings of major functionalities in Create using the Preferences windows. Preferences can be accessed under the "Edit" tab.
Available Options under Preferences
General
- Autosave - Allows you to enable and disable the Auto-save setting. Auto-save interval can be set up in minutes.
- Units - Allows you to set the unit display in Centimeters, Millimeters, Inches, Feet, Yards and Meters. This will affect how units are displayed throughout the software. For example, 1 meter will be displayed as 1000mm, when changing from meters to millimeters.
- Import Size - Allows you to set up Image and Video Import size.
Keyboard Shortcuts
- This can be used to assign shortcut keys to major tasks in Create. These include: Transform Gizmo, Camera Utilities, Camera Movement, Window, Scenario, Simulation, Timeline and Object Visibility.
Asset Library
- Asset Library allows the hiding of additional dialogues when deleting or editing assets. After using "Don't show again" in the warning message, you could revert to showing it again here.
Sequence Editor
- This can be used to enable/disable the display of sequence connections, header connections, options connections, insets connections, cancel connections and connections flow for your project.
Timeline Editor
- Timeline Editor - Allows you to set up default timeline and timebar length in seconds.
- Timebar Properties - Allows you to set up default highlight sphere color, diameter and object color.
- Timebar Display Colors - Allows you to set up colors for Event invocation, object color, fade object in/out. highlight sphere, animation playback, translate, rotate, rotate around pivot, scale, video playback, audio playback.
Object Properties
- Callout - Allows you to set up default Callout size and the default Callout Offset.
We also have a great community post about it here.
Default Values
With WorkLink 2.0.22-ga15 (mid-Jan22 release), we have changed some default values in the new WorkLink Create to make things convenient for our users.
Please find the changes below:
Item | Old value/behavior | New value/behavior |
Height of image/video import | 1m | 0.1m |
The default size of primitives (basic 3D objects: cube, cylinder) | 1m | 0.1m |
Origin of primitives(cube and cilinder) | in the middle of primitive | Bottom of primitive & aligned to project. |
Callout default size | 1 | 0.1 |
Callout default offset | 1,1,0 | 0.3,0.3,0 |
Minimum grid size | 0.1m | 0.01m |
Highlight sphere default size | 1m | 0.1m |
Camera navigation speed | Linear | relative to the focused object |
Scrolling speed with the middle mouse button | Linear | improved behavior with relative behavior |
Focusing on an Empty object (camera distance to origin) | 1m | 0.3m |
Markerless tracker size | 1m | 0.1m |
Asset Swap Process | N/A | New feature |
Reordering Sequences | N/A | New feature |
Timebar field scrolling | N/A | New feature |
WASD keys control speed | limited | improved |
You will also notice other small UI improvements in the platform focused on user convenience. Please let us know if you have any questions.