SH - Editing Spreadsheets

Editing and Modifying Cells

It is possible to stop a simulation at any time, open a node's spreadsheet and perform changes. Then, save this new state and resume the simulation. Polygon nodes, splines, and MultiJoints can also be manipulated without a previous simulation.

Here is the first method of manipulating cell entries:

• In case of already simulated nodes, move the timeline slider to the frame of interest.
• Double click on a cell and enter a new value.
• Mathematic operations can be performed directly within in the cells, e.g. original value+sqrt(2) or original value*10

Double click on a cell to make it editable and enter a new value or a formula.

Another way is:

• In case of already simulated nodes, move the timeline slider to the frame of interest.
• Select one or more cells, rows, or columns - click using the Ctrl/Cmd or Shift key.
• Click on the “Edit...” button.
• A new window appears where you can set, add or multiply values.

Change multiple cells at once with the ”Edit..." button.

All changes are temporary and they have to be saved with the selected node:

• Right-click on the selected domain under "Nodes" and choose Export > Export now...
• If you resume a simulation the new state will be used now.

Removing Entries

A click on the “Remove...” button will delete selected elements completely, not just the content of their cells. With polygon objects this button is inactive, because the number of vertices has to remain constant throughout a simulation:

• Select one or more (horizontal) rows.
• Click on “Remove...” and confirm your action.

Here, a spline's control point is deleted with the "Remove..." button.

In order to delete the selected entries permanently you have to save the new state:

• Right-click on the selected domain under "Nodes" and choose Export > Export now...
• If you resume a simulation the new state will be used now.