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Visual vocabulary

Recognize symbols and understand weSkel icons.

IconsVisual cues

weSkel icons reuse the same symbols to help you recognize an element or action across tools. Their combination gives you a first indication of what a tool does, before you open it.

Elements

Section titled “Elements”

Symbol colors stay the same across themes. Shape and context also matter: orange is shared by several actions and elements.

Structure

Section titled “Structure”

Rigging

Section titled “Rigging”

Geometry

Section titled “Geometry”

Transformations

Section titled “Transformations”

Settings and animation

Section titled “Settings and animation”

Actions

Section titled “Actions”

Editing

Section titled “Editing”

Transformations

Section titled “Transformations”

State management

Section titled “State management”

Files and production

Section titled “Files and production”

States

Section titled “States”

Edit indicates an action; Modified describes an element’s state.

Reading an icon

Section titled “Reading an icon”

Shelf icons combine these visual cues. Here are two examples:

  • Parent Spaces
    Parent Spaces

    The purple rectangles represent outputs; the cyan ring, the controller. The orange line shows the connection between these elements.

  • Controller Shape Editor
    Controller Shape Editor

    The cyan curve represents the controller shape. The pencil indicates editing; the orange point, an active CV.

These colors describe the icons; they do not replace Outliner group colors or Maya selection states.