Command entry:Menu bar Graph Editors menu New Schematic View Top and bottom toolbars

Command entry:Menu bar Graph Editors menu Saved Schematic Views Choose a saved schematic view. Top and bottom toolbars

Command entry:Main toolbar (Schematic View) Top and bottom toolbars

Schematic View has two toolbars, one at the top and the other at the bottom of the Schematic View window.

The Schematic View toolbar at the top of the window contains the following buttons:

Display Floater

Displays or hides the Display Floater. Active button means floater is open, inactive button means it’s hidden.

Select

Lets you select objects in the Schematic View window and in the viewport. Selecting objects in the Schematic View window turns the node yellow. Selecting the objects in the viewport, outlines their Schematic View representation box in white, but doesn’t select it in the Schematic view window. If you want to the selection in Schematic view passed into the viewport use the Sync Selection button. Whatever is selected in Schematic view will become selected in the viewport as well.

Connect

Lets you create hierarchies. Just as you link objects in the viewports, you can create linkages in Schematic View. Click the child and connect to the parent. You also use this to add modifiers to objects, and to wire parameters.

Unlink Selected

Unlinks whatever is selected in the Schematic View window.

Delete Objects

Deletes whatever is selected in Schematic View. The deleted selection disappears in the viewport and the Schematic View window.

Hierarchy Mode

Shows the parent/child relationships in a cascading display. The parents are to the left and up, the children are indented toward the right and down.

References Mode

Shows relationships based on instances and references rather than hierarchy. Use this to view materials and modifiers.

Always Arrange

Sets Schematic View to always arrange all entities based on arrangement preference (alignment options). Displays a pop-up warning before doing so. When this mode is on it activates the toolbar button.

Arrange Children

Arranges the display of children based on set arrangement rules (align options) below the selected parent.

Arrange Selected

Arranges the display of children based on set arrangement rules (align options) below the selected parent.

Free All

Frees all entities from arrangement rules, tags them with a hole icon on their left end and leaves them in place. Use this to freely arrange all objects.

Free Selected

Frees all selected entities from arrangement rules, tags them with a hole icon on their left end and leaves them in place. Use this to freely arrange selected objects.

Move Children

Sets Schematic View to move all children of parent being moved. When this mode is on, the toolbar button is activated.

Expand Selected

Reveals the display of all child entities of selected entity.

Collapse Selected

Hides the display of all children of selected entity, leaving the selected entity visible.

Preferences

Displays the Schematic View Preferences dialog. This lets you control what is displayed and hidden in the Schematic View window by category. Various options are here to filter and control the display within the Schematic View window. See Schematic View Preferences Dialog .

Schematic View Name field

Use this field to give the particular configuration of Schematic View a name. Simply typing the name and hitting enter will add the named view to the list of Saved Schematic View windows available from the Graph Editors menu.

Bookmark Name field

Let's you define a selection of entities in the Schematic View window as a bookmark, so you can easier return to them in a complex scene with many objects.

Go to Bookmark

Zooms and pans the Schematic View window so the bookmarked selection is displayed.

Delete Bookmark

Removes the bookmark name that is displayed in the Bookmark name field.