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646 Chapter 20: Managing Scenes and Projects
Schematic V iew Preferences
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Schematic View (page 3–638) >toolbar>Preferences
button
Schematic View (page 3–638) > Options menu >
Preferences
The Schematic View Preferences dialog controls
what is shown and what is hidden based on
categories. You can filter the objects appearing in
theSchematicViewwindow,soyouseeonlywhat
you need to.
You can add a grid or background image into your
Schematic View window. Here you can also choose
the ar r angement method and determine the
sy nchronization between v iewport selection and
Schematic view window selection. You can also set
the style for the node connections. By selecting
the appropriate filters in this dialog you can make
working with Schematic View more controllable.
Inter face
Include in Calculation group
SchematicViewcantraversetheentirescene,
including materials, maps, controllers, and so
on. The Include In Calculation settings control
which scene components Schema tic View will
know about. The Display Floater then controls
what is displayed. So, if you don’t Include
Materials, you can ’t display materials. If you don’t
include controllers, you can’t display controllers,
constraints, or parameter-wiring relationships.
Ifyouhaveahugesceneandareinterestedonly
in using Schematic View for select ion, you can
turn ever ything off except Base Objects. If you
are interested only in materials, you can turn off
controllers, modifiers, and so on.
Base Objects—Turnsonandoffthedisplayofthe
base objects. Use this to remove clutter in the
Schematic View window.
Modifier Stack—Tur ns on and off the display of
modifier nodes.
Materials/Maps—Tur ns on and off th e d isplay of
materi al nodes in the Schematic View window.
Hide the materials w hen you are animating and
don’t need to see them, display them w hen you
want to select materials or make changes to the
material of various objects.
Note: Schematic View does not support the ability
to manipulate maps. You can not paste a map from
one material to another.
Controllers—When this is tur ned on, controller
data is included in the display. When this is turned
off Controllers, Constraints and Param Wires
relationship and entity buttons are unavailable in
the Display floater. When this is on, you can assign
controllers or wire parameters using the tools quad
of the Schematic View right-click menu.
Static Values—When this is tur ned on, unanimated
scene parameters are included in the Schematic