Cora Properties

• Criteria: Selects the wanted sort criteria.

  • Name: Performs a case sensitive sort. In normal sort order, capitalized letters are listed first. Be aware, use letter case consistently if you want to have a correct result when you perform a sort by name.

  • X: Sorts by X-values.

  • Y: Sorts by Y-values.

  • Z: Sorts by Z-values.

  • Vis: Sorts all the visible containers first.

  • Alpha: Sorts by the alpha value among those containers who have an alpha function attached. Alpha values set on the material of a container are ignored.

  • Key: Sorts containers by key function. Among those with key signal attached, the key alpha value is used for the further sorting.

  • Rand: Sorts by random.

• Mode: Sets the order of the sorting. Choose between setting the Highest or the Lowest values.

• Random Seed: Is relevant if you have chosen random as your sort criteria. It specifies a seed for the random number generator. Even though Viz Artist use random numbers, the animation for a specific random seed will always look the same.

• Random Weight: Defines how random the randomize function will sort. Random 1.0 means random, random 0.0 does nothing and random 0.5 gives you a 50% chance if a container is resorted or stays in place.

• Execute: Starts the operation.

To organize the scene tree

• Add the Cora plug-in to the container that holds the Sub-Containers you want to sort, select the sort criteria and press the Execute button.

See Also

• Time Displacement