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Schematic View Display Floater 651
Prompt A rea —
Provides a one-line instruction to
tell you how to use the highlighted tool or button
or provides you with details such as how many
objects are currently selected.
Pan—Lets you move horizontally or vertically
inthewindow. Youcanalsoachievethesame
effect by using the scroll bars at the right and
bottom of the Schematic V iew window, or by using
themiddlemousebutton.
Zoom—Lets you move closer to or further
from the Schematic display. When you first open
your Schematic View window you will spend
a moment zooming and panning to gain the
appropriate view of the objects in t he display. The
display of the nodes changes as you move in or out.
Yo u c a n a l s o z o o m b y h o l d i n g
Ct rl and pressing
themiddlemousebutton. Tozoomatthe
cursor,turnonZoomAboutMousePointinthe
Schematic View Settings dialog, accessed by click
the Preferences button.
Zoom R egion—Lets you draw a zo om window
on the area of the Schematic view you w a nt to see
up close.
Zoom Ex t ents—Zooms the w indow back so
all the nodes in the Schematic View are visible.
Zoom Extents S elected—Zooms the w indow
back so that all the selected nodes are visible in t he
display.
Pan t o S el ected—Pans the window to include
the selected objects, within the same zoom factor,
so that all selected entities are visible within
current extents of the window.
Schematic V iew Display Floater
The Display Floater controls by category what is
displayed i n the Schematic View window. The
Schematic View Preferences dialog also filters that
display of the window. Use these to manage the
clutter of the window, and the perfo rmance speed.
Note that unless you display the correct entity
and relationship, you will not be able to perform
certain operations. If you want to wire p ar ameters,
for instance, you must have Param Wires turned
on. If you want to wire the parameters of a
material, you must also have Materials chosen.
Interfa ce
Relationships group
Lets you choose which of the following
relationships you want to display or create:
Constraints, Controllers, Parameter wiring, Lig ht
inclusion and Modifiers.
Entities group
Selects which types of entities are displayed or
edited:
B ase Obj ects—When active, all base object entities
will display as children of the node entities. When