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ctrl-O or click here to open file dialog
ctrl-alt-O or click here to open directory dialog
copy (eg ctrl-C from Explorer) and paste (crtl-V) files
drag-drop files (eg from Explorer)

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Main controls

Fix controls Select to fix controls such as genes and other details.
Deselect for larger graphics area. Automenu Select to allow menu to pop up as mouse is near left of window Set opacity for the controls
Display: Stats: Show/hide stats,
alt-P will cycle off/fps/ms Rules Nomess Click to remove screen decoration. preload shader files. Load up files from file store where not available from web server. Save Layout Image (ctrl-I) will save the image as specified below. Save Main Image (ctrl-alt-I) will save just the main image as specified below.
Save Main Image a qual (ctrl-shift-I) will save just the main image at high quality.
name: Name for saved image. width: Width (pixels) for saved image.
Use aspect height or aspect: If Use aspect is checked it will use the height/aspect field, and also set the display aspect ratio to match the computed save aspect ratio. (You may need to uncheck and recheck after changing the save size details.)

If the height field is > 10 it is used as a height, otherwise it is used as an aspect ratio, the height will be width/aspect.

The values may be written as expressions. For example, a 4/3 aspect may be written as such.

The expressions may use some variables: including

width: the current width of the display screen
height: the current height of the display screen
ww: the computed width for the image to be saved (may only be used in the aspect field) Auto rot Set auto rotation on/off. It will also be set off while mouse is down. Scroll-lock to toggle. Use global rotation slider If this is enabled the slider at the bottom will be shown, with automatic control mixing this value with the other rotations speeds. For direct control disable that and use the liders/numbers below. Fix rot Continuous rotation fixed independently from mouse rotation.
yrot
xrot
zrot Set speed for continuous rotation. usepairs: use spring pairs, off to ignore pairs smallpairs: use simplified version of pairforces

Click on viewport to view large. Doubleclick to toggle selection.

Genes

F2 on filter to toggle freeze of all displayed.
Select group and F2 to toggle freeze of displayed in that group.
F2 on individual gene name to toggle freeze of that gene.
Click on group name to show/hide group.
Filter Filter for genes by name, tag, or frozen/free.
Filters are an | separated list (eg any match); multiple lines also separate the list.
with each element a blank separated list of ands (eg all match).
Thus 'col | bra first' will match all genes with the 'horncol' tag, plus any branch gene in horn named first.
Use filter If set, only currently filtered genes fill take part in mutation and animation. Set filtered genes on all objects from the current object (shown values).

Keys

About

This is a basic implementation of Formgrow using shaders to implement the form shaping and texture.

The form itself is generated in the vertex shader.
Dynamic texture code is a reimplementation of a small part of the Winsom textures, and is run in the fragment shader. See 'Evolutionary At and Computers, page 203'.
Only very basic lighting and shading implemented so far.
Using WebGL with help from three.js: https://github.com/mrdoob/three.js

Transform rule (change and hit escape key to run new version)

scale: scale at start, scale at end
twist: degrees of twist, offset of twist
stack: height of stack
bend: degrees of bend
ribby: special transform to seal ends and give ribby feel, currently builtin

To do: make numeric parameters uniforms so no need for rebuild .... Meanwhile, we experiment using the 'time' uniform.

To rotate, press left mouse button and drag.
To pan, press right mouse button and drag.
To scale, scroll wheel, or centre mouse button and drag.
???Double-click to reset transform.???
Interactions defined by three's TrackballControls.js
Todo: Find out why some transforms seem to make entire object go away.

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Paste

colour / ctrl,X,C
texture / ctrl,X,T
surface / ctrl,X,S
form / ctrl,X,F
view / ctrl,X,V
all / ctrl,X,A

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