Panel: Presets

The Presets Panel is used to create, recall, and manage presets. Presets are text files stored in the current Blender file. The naming convention is like this: chart_xxxxxx.py.

Presets are imported to the current .blend file’s text data.

Note

Presets save the values for the four (4) Geometry Node Groups:

  • CSV_ChartArea

  • CSV_Data

  • CO_Multi_Object

  • VO_Multi_Object

Some values are bypassed and not saved by presets. These include:

  • “Name_Label_String”,

  • “Value_Main”,

  • “Longitude_X”,

  • “Lattitude_Y”,

  • “Elevation_Z”,

  • “Name_Label_String”,

  • “Value_Main_Min”,

  • “Value_Main_Max”,

  • “Value_Main_Sum”,

  • “Instance_Collection”,

  • “CSV_Coordinates”

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The Presets Panel

Panel Components

Button: New Preset

Creates a new preset.

Button: Refresh Dropdown

Refreshes the Dropdown menu.

Button: Clear Dropdown

Clears the Dropdown menu.

Button: Recall Preset

Loads the selected preset.

Button: Remove Preset

Deletes the selected preset from Blender data.

Subpanel: Rename Preset

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The Presets Rename Panel

Textbox: Preset Name

Shows the current selected Preset name. New Preset name typed here.

Button: Rename Preset

Renames the selected preset from Blender data.

Note

The prefix “chart” will be added automatically to Preset names in order to distinguish them from other text data blocks.

For example, if your new name is “MyNewPreset” it will save and display as “chart_MyNewPreset”.

Usage

Hint

Set the Main Value and Name Label first before loading presets.

Selecting a Preset

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Selecting a Preset.

Creating and naming a Preset

Here a custom spiral chart has been created. After clicking “New Preset” a new Preset is saved with the name “chart_1”. The Preset is then renamed to “The Spiral” and is available in the Dropdown.

Hint

Load another preset then the new preset to test if everything saved correctly.

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Creating and naming a Preset.