Green Hippo

The Workspace

Along the top Tool Bar we have,

  • Home, use this to get back to the Home Visualisation Screen.
  • New, (Ctrl+N) Start a fresh project.
  • Open, (Ctrl+O) Open a saved project.
  • Save, (Ctrl+S) Save the current project.
  • Save as, (Ctrl+Shift+S) Save the current project with a new name.
  • Network Manager, (Ctrl+Shift+N) Manages the Network with Hippotizers in the session.
  • Output Manager, (Ctrl+Shift+O) Manages the patching of Virtual and Real Projectors.
  • Input Manager, (Ctrl+Shift+I) Manages the texture that are applied to model and texture mappers.
  • Automation Manager, (Ctrl+Shift+A) Manages incoming streams of Automation data.
  • Undo, (Ctrl+Z) Undo the last action in SHAPE (unlimited undos).
  • Redo, (Ctrl+Y) Redo the last undo.

Down the left side Tool Bar we have,

  • Arrow, (W) Use this to select Objects, Vertexs and Nodes.
  • Translate, (E) Use this to Translate Objects, Vertexs and Nodes.
  • Rotate, (R ) Use this to Rotate, Vertexs and Nodes.
  • Scale, (T) Use this to Scale Objects, Vertexs, and Nodes.

Scene Hierarchy


This is the Scene Hierarchy, above this is the name of the mode we are in and on the right is a small arrow to hide this right hand panel for a larger scene view.

Object Properties


This is the Properties for the selected object.