The Tools and Profiles tabs enable you to choose how Bodies are generated and allows for custom profiles for default properties of assigned bodies and constraints.
Tools Tab
The Tools tab enables you to perform batch edits of your Physics Asset. It includes being able to add, generate or re-generate bodies for the entire skeleton or selected bodies in the Skeleton Tree.
Body Creation Settings
The following options are available when creating or editing primitive shapes, size, and more for bodies:
| Property | Description |
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| Min Bone Size | Bones that are shorter than this value will be ignored for body creation. |
| Primitive Type | The geometry type that should be used when creating bodies.
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| Vertex Weighting Type | How vertices are mapped to bones when approximating them with bodies.
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| Auto Orient to Bone | Whether to automatically orient the created bodies to their corresponding bones. |
| Walk Past Small Bones | Whether to skip small bones entirely (rather than merge them with the adjacent bones). |
| Create Body for All Bones | Forces creation of a body for each bone. |
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| Min Weld Size | Bones that are smaller than this value will be merged together for body creation. |
| Hull Accuracy | When creating convex hulls, the target accuracy of the created hull. |
| Max Hull Verts | When creating convex hulls, the maximum verts that should be created. |
Constraint Creation Settings
The following options are available when creating or editing the constraints of bodies:
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| Create Joints | Whether to create constraints between adjacent created bodies. | ||||||
| Angular Constraint Mode | The type of angular constraints to create between bodies.
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Body Generation Options
Once the properties have been set for the Body Creation and Constraint Creation categories, any selected bodies, constraints, or bones will display an action to add, generate, or re-generate bodies.
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All phyiscs bodies and constraints will be re-created. |
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When a constraint is selected, this button will enable all bodies and constraints to be recreated using the new settings. |
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Selected bodies will be replaced along with their constraints using the new settings. |
Profiles Tab
The Physics Asset Profiles tab enables you to view, select, and edit a collection of settings for Physical Animations and Constraints that can be saved to profiles which can then be assigned to the selected bodies or constraints in the Skeleton Tree.
For additional information, see the Using Profiles for Bodies and Constraints page.
Current Profile
The Current Profile drop-down is where you'll find any new or existing profiles that have been created. When the profile is selected, options to remove it from the list of profiles, and assign or unassign it from the selected bodies or constraints will become available.
| Option | Description |
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| New | Creates a new profile that has properties set and can be assigned to bodies or constraints. |
| Delete | Removes the custom profile when it is set as the Current Profile selection. |
| Assign | Assigns the selected bodies or constraints to the Current Profile selection. |
| Unassign | Unassigns the selected bodies or constraints from the Current Profile selection. |
Some options are available for the Current Profile by clicking the arrow drop-down.
| Option | Description |
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| Duplicate | Copies the currently set profile. |
| Set Current Constraint Profile | Select from the currently created profiles the one to be used as the Current Profile to assign, unassign, or delete. |
Current Profile Assignment
When bodies or constraints are assigned a profile, there are a couple of places that you can check the status of the assignment:
- From the Details panel
- From the Graph
In the Details panel, the Current Profile being used for the selected body will be listed. When there isn't a profile assigned, it will be listed as None.
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| Unassigned Profile | Assigned Profile |
In the Graph, the selected bodies and their constraints will be displayed. The shading of the bodies and constraints will be based on which profile is selected as the Current Profile.
For example, the Graph is showing the selected body and constraints, while the Profiles tab is showing the Current Profile for Physical Animation set to MyPhysicalAnimation_Profile which is assigned to two of the four bodies in the Graph. When the Current Profile selected is assigned to a node, it will have unshaded fill color, and when the node is not assigned that profile, it will appear shaded. The constraints displayed all appear with their fill color since the Current Profile for Constraints is set to None.
For additional information about the nodes in the Graph, see the Constraints Graph page.
Physical Animation Profiles
When Bodies are selected and assigned a Physical Animation profile, the following options will become available:
| Property | Description |
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| Is Local Simulation | Whether the drive targets are in world or local space. |
| Orientation Strength | The strength used to correct orientation error. |
| Angular Velocity Strength | The strength used to correct angular velocity error. |
| Position Strength | The strength used to correct linear position error. Only used for non-local simulation. |
| Velocity Strength | The strength used to correct linear velocity . Only used for non-local simulation. |
| Max Linear Force | The max force used to correct linear errors. |
| Max Angular Force | The max force used to correct angular errors. |
Constraint Profiles
When Constraints are selected and assigned a Constraints Profile, the following options will become available:
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For additional information, visit the Constraints Reference page.
Thumbnail
Control how the thumbnail image for the Physics Asset should appear in the Content Browser. You can control the Pitch, Yaw, and Zoom of the thumbnail.
When the Thumbnail pitch, yaw, and zoom values are adjusted the thumbnail in the Content Browser will update in real time.
Physics
The following options are available that will apply to all assigned profiles.
| Property | Description |
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| Use Async Scene | If true, bodies of the physics asset will be put into the asynchronous physics scene. If false, they will be put into the synchronous physics scene. |