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|         <title>Flexalon Pipeline</title><!-- HEAD_svelte-i5aht6_START --><meta property="og:title" content="Flexalon Pipeline"><meta name="description" property="og:description" content="Flexalon lets Unity developers arrange objects in 3D layouts that are precise and easy to adjust. Use built-in interactions and animations to create powerful experiences."><meta name="image" property="og:image" content="../images/flexalon-1200x630.png"><meta name="twitter:card" content="summary_large_image"><meta name="twitter:title" content="Flexalon Pipeline"><meta name="twitter:site" content="@alon_farchy"><meta name="twitter:description" content="Flexalon lets Unity developers arrange objects in 3D layouts that are precise and easy to adjust. Use built-in interactions and animations to create powerful experiences."><meta name="twitter:image" content="../images/flexalon-1200x630.png"><!-- HEAD_svelte-i5aht6_END --> | 
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|                 <a href="../docs/flexalonObject.html#minmax" class="svelte-194nj6y">Min / Max Size<span class="ml-2 text-xs font-bold text-purple-400">(v4.1)</span></a> | 
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|                 <b class="text-zinc-200 mt-5">Data Binding</b> | 
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|                 <b class="text-zinc-200 mt-5">Advanced</b> | 
|                 <a href="../docs/pipeline.html" class="svelte-194nj6y">Flexalon Pipeline</a> | 
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| <div class="text-white text-2xl mb-10">Flexalon Pipeline</div> | 
| <p>Flexalon has a sequential pipeline for determining the state of any gameObject. | 
|     The pipeline runs on each root gameObject that Flexalon is managing and cascades down the tree in each step. | 
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| <p class="text-xl">Pipeline Steps</p> | 
| <p class="ml-10">1. <b>Measure</b>: the size of each object in the tree is measured. | 
|     First the Adapter's Measure function is called to account for any external components. | 
|     Modify this step by <a href="../docs/adapters.html">implementing Adapter</a>. | 
|     Then, the layout's Measure function is called. Create your own layout by <a href="../docs/customLayout.html">inheriting from LayoutBase</a></p> | 
| <p class="ml-10">2. <b>Arrange</b>: any node in the tree with a layout positions its children. Create your own layout by <a href="../docs/customLayout.html">inheriting from LayoutBase</a></p> | 
| <p class="ml-10">3. <b>Constrain</b>: Each node applies its constraint.</p> | 
| <p class="ml-10">4. <b>Compute Transforms</b>: The layout results are convered from Layout Space into Unity local space. | 
|     Any external components that depend on layout results are updated at this step. You can affect | 
|     how external components are updated by <a href="../docs/adapters.html">implementing FlexalonAdapter</a>. | 
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| <p class="ml-10">5. <b>Update Transforms</b>: The transform updater or animator runs to update the transform position towards the layout results. | 
|     Create your own animations by <a href="../docs/customAnimators.html">implementing TransformUpdater</a>. | 
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