GearBlocks: Toolbox User’s Guide

Press 1 to activate.

Use this tool to spawn or destroy parts & constructions, select & move parts, attach or detach parts, and change attachment types.

Hold Q for the builder tool menu, to choose parts or constructions to spawn into the scene.

• Click LMB (Left Mouse Button) to select the targeted part (deselecting any others).
• Click Left Control + LMB to add the targeted part to the selection.
• Click Left Control + LMB to remove the targeted part to the selection.
• Press Left Control + A to select all parts of the targeted construction.
• Click LMB to select the targeted pivot point on a selected part.
• Hold Left Shift + RMB (Right Mouse Button) to destroy the targeted part.
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  Hold Left Shift + RMB to delete the targeted attachment.
• Click Left Alt + LMB to duplicate the targeted part.
• Press Left Control + F to toggle the targeted construction frozen / unfrozen.

Manipulators

When a pivot point is selected, the manipulators are available to transform the current selection.

• Move – Always active, drag the circular handle to move the selected part(s) in any direction.
• Translation – Press R to activate, and drag the handles to translate the selected part(s) along the X, Y, and Z axes.
• Rotation – Press T to activate, and drag the handles to rotate the selected part(s) around the X, Y, and Z axes.
• Resize – Press Y to activate, and drag the handles to resize the selected part (only available if a single part is selected and it is resizable).

Each manipulator also has keyboard shortcuts, hold Left Shift and use W, S, A, D, Q, and E.

Move Manipulator

While dragging the selection with the move manipulator, some additional operations are available for the more advanced builder.

• Transform – Hold Left Shift and use W, S, A, D, Q, and E to rotate the selection.

  Hold Left Shift and move the mouse to translate the selection by moving the pivot point to a neighbouring location.

• Resize – Hold Left Control and use W, S, A, D, Q, and E to resize the selection.
• Rotate – Hold RMB and move the mouse to rotate the selection.
• Rotate Alt – Hold Left Shift + RMB and move the mouse to rotate the selection using alternate axes.
• Dolly – Hold Left Alt and move the mouse to move the selection closer to or further away from the player.
• Alignment – Available while aligning the selection, use the mouse wheel to toggle between aligning to the near side or far side of the other frozen construction.

Press 2 to activate.

Use this tool to change part materials.

Hold Q for the material tool menu, to choose the tool’s current material to apply.

• Click LMB to apply the tool’s current material to the targeted part.
• Click Left Alt + LMB to pick the material from the targeted part (making it be the tool’s current material).

Press 3 to activate.

Use this tool to create links between part behaviour link nodes.

Hold Q for the linker tool menu, to choose link types to hide.

• Click LMB and drag between link nodes to add link (or remove link if it already exists).
• Hold Left Shift + RMB to delete all links coming from the targeted link node.
• Press Left Control + F to toggle the targeted construction frozen.

Press 4 to activate.

Use this tool to change a part’s paint colour, or remove paint altogether.

Hold Q for the painter tool menu, to choose the tool’s current paint colour to apply.

• Click LMB to apply the tool’s current paint colour to the targeted part.
• Hold Left Shift + RMB to remove paint from the targeted part.
• Click Left Alt + LMB to pick the colour from the targeted part (making it be the tool’s current paint colour).

Press 5 to activate.

Use this tool to drag or shove unfrozen constructions.

Hold Q for the grabber tool menu, to set the drag or shove force.

• Hold LMB to drag the targeted construction.
• Hold RMB then release to shove the targeted construction.

Press 0 to activate.

Use this tool to perform operations on any of the constructions in the scene, even if they’re not close to the player.

Hold Q for the scene tool menu, then select one or more constructions and perform operations on them:

• Switch on all part behaviours for selected construction(s).
• Switch off all part behaviours for selected construction(s).
• Toggle selected construction(s) frozen / unfrozen.
• Teleport selected construction to player.
• Duplicate selected construction.
• Toggle selected construction(s) invulnerability.
• Save selected construction.
• Destroy selected construction(s).

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