The Interface is the Set of Buttons, Icons, Text, ETC. that house all of Shapeshift's features.

Main Interface

• Create Objects

Clicking this causes the Create Objects menu to appear. Clicking options will Create objects or provide an error for why the object could not be created.

• Save to S2M

This saves your Project as a Shapeshift 2 Model (.S2M) format, a Plain Text Model Format used by Shapeshift.

• Load

This loads .S2M Files

• Info

This Opens the Splash Screen.

• Export to SGRM

This Exports your Project as a Shapeshift Game Ready Model (SGRM) for use in games.

• Import

Imports supported Model Formats. This Includes:

Exported T-Mesh Files

• Material Sidebar

See the Shapes And Materials Page

• 3D Object Counts

Displays the 3D Objects used by P3D Including the Grid Floor, Polygons, Primitives, and Points.

Visible on Screen (Being Rendered)/Total 3D Objects

• Resample

Smooths the Textures (Provides a look similar to Nintendo 64 Graphics)

• Depth

The Distance before objects begin to fade out. Lower = Objects fade sooner.

Misc Stuff

• Mouse Look

Click and Hold on this to Rotate the Camera

• Deselect

Deselects currently selected objects (Points, Shapes, Dummy, etc.)

• Delete

Deletes currently selected object (Point, Shape, Dummy, etc.)

• Duplicate

Makes a direct copy of the currently selected object (does not copy tags)

Shape Interface

Primitives & Points

Points Only Contain the Axis Transforms. Primitives contain everything in the following Image.

• Obstacle Type

This allows you to Select the Obstacle Type (None, Obstacle (Stops you if you collide with it at all), Slope (Can move on depending on Angle))

• Pivot Point Buttons

This is a system where Objects in your Game will rotate around a point. Copy a Point's Value to be able to set it as the pivot point. This does not allow you to rotate these around points in the Editor, only within your own game.

• Apply Selected Material

Applies the Currently Selected Material to the currently selected Primitive.

• Transform Types

Select how you would like to Transform the Object (Change Position, Change Rotation, Change Size)

Axis Transforms (Primitives & Points)

This acts the same for X, Y and Z. If you have a Primitive Selected it react to the selected Transform Type, Points only move their position.

• Drag

Click and Hold on this to Drag your mouse to Add/Subtract from the current Transform type.

• Axis Input

Directly Input a Number to set the Transform type to.

• Apply Button

Applies the current Number in the Axis Input to the Transform type.

Polygons

• Obstacle Type

This allows you to Select the Obstacle Type (None, Obstacle (Stops you if you collide with it at all), Slope (Can move on depending on Angle))

• Apply Selected Material

Applies the Currently Selected Material to the currently selected Polygon.

• Cull Backface

Disables rendering on the back side of the polygon (improves performance)

• Flip

Flips points to the opposite points (use this if the polygon is invisible on the side you want it visible)

• Select Point

Allows you to select the points of the Polygon from within the Polygon's Editor.

3 will be listed if it's a Tri, 4 will be listed if it's a Quad.

• Set Point

Copy the Value of a Point and you can set a new point to the Polygon. 3 if it's a Tri, 4 if it's a Quad.

• Cycle Points (Rotate Texture)

This cycles through the points, Cycling them through the object. Because of how Textures work in P3D this also Rotates the Texture.

Here's an Example with a Tri.