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# UI
### **Menu**
**Scene Presets**
* Opens the preset option window
**Import Layers - XGen**
* When there are XGen in scene, you can use this to quickly build curve color layers from selected XGen descriptions.
**Clean Up - Parent Curves to Layer Groups**
* Create missing layer groups, parent layer groups under the main *xgt\_crv2\_grp*, and move all Curve Color curves into their assigned layer groups
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### Functions
**Info**
* Displays the layer name of current selected curves.
**Refresh Button**
* Sometimes a layer is deleted or when a new Maya scene is opened, click on this button to refresh the layer list so it can pick up correct layers in current scene.
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 **Toggle Curve(s)**
* Toggles on/off the always on top display on selected curves.
 **CV/EP Display**
* Toggles on/off CV/EP display on selected curves.
 **Isolate Curve(s)**
* Isolate selected curves or layers.
 **Curve Width**
* Curves are set to a width of 3 by default when creating a layer. They can be set to width of 1 \~ 5 using this button.
 **Root Marker**
* Add a root marker to selected curves, adding visual enhancement to the root of curves.
 **Remove Curve Color**
* Removes coloring, and width settings on selected curves and removes them from any assigned layers.
**Create**
* When curve(s) are selected, clicking on this button will create a new layer and assign coloring, and thicken the curves.
* When nothing is selected, clicking on this button will create an empty layer.
**Color Random Slider:**
* Color contrast strength to apply to selected curves.
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**Full Update**
* Applies the color random value to all xgt color layers.
**Update Selected**
* Applies the color random value to selected curves. The curves must be in a xgt color layer to be affected.
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### Layer Bar
 **Layer visibility**
* Like Maya Display Layers, turn on/off curves in that layer. When multiple layers are selected, all will be toggled.
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 **Layer Lock**
* Like Maya Display Layers, set template/lock on curves in that layer to keep them from being selected. When multiple layers are selected, all will be toggled
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**Color Swatches:**
* Change the color of curves by clicking on the color swatch.
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**Layer Name**
* Clicking on the layer name button itself will select all curves in this layer.
* Right Clicking on the layer will give you more useful functions
* **Add Selected Curve(s) To This Layer**
* Selected curves will be added to this layer, with the color (with the randomness value), and width (default 3), assigned.
* **Rename Layer**
* Rename the layer.
* **Insert Above**
* Insert selected layers above this layer
* **Insert Below**
* Insert selected layers below this layer
* **Export - .fbx**
* Export selected layer curves as .fbx file
* **Export - .abc**
* Export selected layer curves as .abc file
* **Description - Link**
* Links selected Curve Color Layer to selected XGen Description. (Multiple Curve Color Layers can be linked to the same description)
* **Description - Un-Link**
* Removes the link to an XGen Description
* **Convert to XGen Guides**
* Convert selected Curve Color Layer curves to XGen Guides. (This replaces all your current guides in XGen for linked Description of that layer)
* Retrieve XGen Guides to Layer
* Convert guides from the Linked XGen Description back to this layer as Maya curves.
* Delete Layer (Keep Curves)
* Delete the layer, and reset the curves in this layer back to Maya's default setting. (This won't delete the curves).
* Delete Layer
* Delete the layer, and the curves within this layer.
* ▶ (Convert Button, ▶ Linked, ▶ Un-Linked)
* On click, converts curves to linked XGen Description Guides.
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### Layer Utilities
The tool comes with Visibility, Lock and Up/Down buttons:\
 Toggle all layer **Visibility ON**\
 Toggle all layer **Visibility OFF**\
 Invert current layers **Visibility** states
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 Toggle all layer **Lock ON**\
 Toggle all layer **Lock OFF**\
 Invert current layers **Lock** States
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 Move selected Layer(s) Up\
 Move selected Layer(s) Down \
 Move selected Layer(s) to the top\
 Move selected Layer(s) to the bottom
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**Export/Convert**
**Export - fbx**
* Export selected layers as .fbx format
**Export - abc**
* Export selected layers as .abc format
**Convert to XGen Guides**
* Convert selected layer curves to XGen guides
**Retrieve XGen Guides to Layer**
* Convert Guides from the linked XGen description to curves on selected layer (must have a linked XGen description)
**Delete Layer**
**Delete - Empty Layers**
* Delete all empty color layers
**Delete - Selected Layers (Keep Curves)**
* Delete selected layers but keep their curves, this will reset all curve color and line width back to Maya default, and parent them to the world.
**Delete - All Layers (Keep Curves)**
* Delete all layers but keep their curves.
**Delete - Selected Layers**
* Delete both the layer and curves within the layer.
**Delete - All Layers**
* Delete all Curve Color Tool Layers, and all the curves within them.
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