Adding, Renaming, and Deleting Effects

This section describes how to add new effects, rename them, and delete them.

Adding a new Effect

In the course of making simulations, you will modify the basic fire, smoke, and HazMat patterns to suit your purposes. You may create entirely new types of effects. Whatever the case, you can save your work in your Effects Library, for future use, by assigning your effect a name (in the lower area on the USE panel), and selecting the folder in which it will reside:

In the example above, we are showing how to create a folder--choose the "< New Folder >" folder, and then name the folder in addition to the name of the effect. If you named your effect "My editing fire" and directed the system to put it into the Fire folder, you would receive the following message once you pressed ADD:

This message tells you that your effect was added successfully. If you were to navigate to the Fire folder on our computer, you would see the effect.

Tip: It never hurts to create more effects than you need, since you always can delete them later. If you don't save an effect, it will be easy to click over to a new effect and lose any changes you have made.

Renaming an Effect

If you want to change the name of an effect, select that effect in your Effects Library and press RENAME. A box (displayed below) will appear allowing you to type in the new name.

If the name you chose already exists in the current folder, you must choose another name. Once any name conflict is avoided, the system renames your effect. You can rename any effect you have created, or any effect that is part of the default effect set.

Note: When you press the effect to rename, the system will change the current effect pattern to that pattern, so if you do not want to change the pattern on Stage, make sure to save that pattern first so you can go back to it after you have renamed the other effect(s).

Deleting an Effect

To remove an effect from your Library, click on the effect name and press the DELETE key. The system will prompt you to confirm the deletion. If you press YES, the system will remove the effect from your Effects Library.

Note: When you press the effect to delete, the system will change the current effect pattern to that pattern, so if you do not want to change the pattern on Stage, make sure to save that pattern first so you can go back to it after you have deleted the other effect(s).