Component Tool

The advComponent Tool manages named component sets (vertices, edges, or faces) stored as componentTags on a mesh. Open it from the ACT shelf button.

Component selections such as eyelid vertex rings or mouth face regions are tedious to rebuild when a mesh changes topology or when the same regions are needed on a different character. This tool saves sets to a .components file and remaps them onto other meshes using UV, Topology, or Index methods, so a selection authored once can follow the mesh anywhere.

File and Source Mesh

Element	Description
File	The .components file to load from or save to. Click … to select an existing file or name a new one. The path is remembered between sessions.
Mesh	The source mesh whose sets you are editing. Click Assign to set it from the current selection.
Method	Mapping method used when loading sets from file onto the source mesh. The status icon shows compatibility with the file’s vertex count.
Load from File	Imports all sets from the file as componentTags on the source mesh. If a set name already exists on the mesh, a conflict dialog lists them; checked names are overwritten, unchecked names are kept.

Sets

Element	Description
Sets list	All componentTags on the source mesh. The icon indicates the component type (vertex, edge, or face). Double-click an entry to select its components.
Name	The tag name used by New/Update and Rename. Clicking a list entry fills this field.
New/Update	Creates a tag from the current component selection, or overwrites the tag of the same name.
Rename	Renames the highlighted tag to the value in the Name field.
Delete	Deletes the highlighted tag from the mesh, with confirmation.
Select	Selects the highlighted tag’s components.
Save to File	Writes all componentTags on the source mesh to the .components file, replacing its previous contents.

Transfer

Element	Description
Target Mesh	The mesh to receive the sets. Click Assign to set it from the current selection.
Method	Mapping method between the file data and the target mesh. The status icon shows compatibility. Index requires matching vertex counts.
Transfer Sets	Opens a checklist of the source mesh’s sets (all checked by default), then remaps the chosen sets onto the target mesh as componentTags.

Warning: Transfer reads set data from the .components file, not from the source mesh directly. Click Save to File first if you have unsaved changes on the source mesh.

Batch Components

Batch operations are available from the File menu in the Component Tool.

Batch Export Components

Exports component sets from multiple meshes to .components files.

Element	Description
Directory	Output folder for all .components files. Click Browse to select.
Mesh list	All meshes with componentTags found in the scene. Check or uncheck rows to include or exclude them.
Export Files	Exports all checked meshes.

Batch Import Components

Imports component sets from .components files onto matching meshes.

Element	Description
Directory	Folder to scan for .components files. Click Browse, then Scan.
Entry list	One row per .components file. Each row shows the target mesh, the interpolation method, and a status indicator.
Interpolation Method	Per-entry method. Index requires matching vertex counts.
Import Files	Runs the import for all entries.