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    1. Export your creations
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  10. Release notes
    1. V1.14 (Current Release)
    2. V1.13
    3. V1.12
    4. Public Beta V1.14.50 (Current release)
    5. Public Beta Archive
      1. Public Beta V1.12.50
      2. Public Beta V1.11.50
      3. Public Beta V1.10.50
      4. Public Beta V1.9.50
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      11. V1.1 
      12. V1.0 
    7. V0 Archive
      1. 2022/08/02 V0.17.0
      2. 2022/06/22 V0.14.1
      3. 2022/05/13 V0.10.2
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The Palette

The Palette holds many of Modeler's tools and controls and, after the viewport, is the most frequently used part of the interface.

💻 The Palette is always open and by default appears in the top left corner of the screen. You can move the Palette to the top right corner with Preferences > Desktop > Handedness.
🥽 Hold S2 to access the Palette. By default this displays the Palette expanded and Actions menu minimized. If the Palette is minimized, hold S2 then use TJ ← to expand it.

  • Tools:
    • Select a tool.
  • Tool Parameters:
    • Adjust parameters to modify the behavior of your currently selected tool.
    • Access related tools. For example: select the Erase tool, and the Remove tool is available at the top of the Erase tool parameters.

💻 The Palette is always open and by default appears in the top left corner of the screen. You can move the Palette to the top right corner with Preferences > Desktop > Handedness.

🥽 Hold S2 to access the Palette.

Tools and tool galleries

The Tools section holds the tools and tool galleries that you'll use to create your scenes and sculpts. The following tools are available:

  • Select tool
  • Clay tool
  • Erase tool gallery
  • Warp tool gallery
  • Smooth tool
  • Buildup tool gallery
  • Inflate tool
  • Paint tool

At the bottom of the Tools section there are also file management options.

  • Save

Tool galleries

A tool gallery is a collection of related tools.

Select a tool that belongs to a tool gallery and the other tools in that gallery are available at the top of the Palette.

The Tool section of the Palette shows the most recently selected tool from a given tool gallery. For example:

  • By default, the Warp tool is available in the Tool section of the Palette.
  • Select the Elastic tool from the Warp tool gallery, and the Elastic tool will become the default tool for the Warp tool gallery.

The following tool galleries exist in Modeler:

  • The Warp tool gallery holds the Warp and the Elastic tools.
  • The Erase tool gallery holds the Erase, Split, and Crop tools.
  • The Buildup tool gallery holds the Buildup and Crease tools.

Adjust tool parameters

The Tool parameters section shows options to adjust the behavior of the currently selected tool. If the currently selected tool belongs to a tool gallery, you can also select related tools in the Tool parameters section.

Where possible, parameters are consistent across tools and brushes. However, some tools may have unique parameters. Refer to the documentation for each tool to learn more abou their parameters.

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