Gumball
Tools > Options > Modeling Aids > Gumball
Gumball options manage the options for the Gumball widget on a selected object.
Modeling Aids: Gumball
General
Enable Gumball
Turns the gumball widget on any time objects are selected.
Rotate view around Gumball
Sets the view rotation center to the gumball origin.
Snappy gumball
Snaps to object snap locations.
Smooth gumball
Ignores object snap locations.
Colors
X-axis color
Specifies the gumball x axis color.
Y-axis color
Specifies the gumball y axis color.
Z-axis color
Specifies the gumball z axis color.
Menu ball color
Specifies the gumball menu ball color.
Sizes in pixels
Gumball radius
Specifies the radius of the gumball widget.
Tip length
Specifies the length of the direction arrows.
Tip width
Specifies the width of the direction arrows.
Scale handle size
Specifies the size of the scale handles.
Set scale handle size to zero to turn off scale handles.
Plane location
Specifies the distance of the plane indicators from the gumball origin.
Plane size
Specifies the size of the plane indicators.
Set plane size to zero to turn off the plane indicators.
Plane visibility angle
Sets the angle of view for the plane to be visible.
The range is from 0 to 90 degrees. 0 degrees means the plane only shows if the gumball is perfectly aligned to the view, 90 means the plane always shows. The default is 50 degrees.
Axis thickness
Specifies the thickness of the axis arrows.
Set axis thickness to zero to turn of move handles.
Arc thickness
Specifies the thickness of the rotation arcs.
Set arc thickness to zero to turn off rotation handles.
Menu ball location
Specifies the distance of the menu ball from the gumball origin.
Menu ball size
Specifies the size of the menu ball.
Set menu ball size to zero to turn off the menu ball.
Extrude ball size
Specifies the size of the extrude dots.
Restores the default system values. All custom appearance settings will be lost.
Save options for use on other computers
OptionsExport
Save Options settings to a file.
OptionsImport
Restore Options settings from a file.
See also
Options
Manage global options.