To open the Relationship Editor
- In main menu bar:
- In scene view:
Use the to edit relationships in Maya, where a relationship is a collection or grouping of objects or components. These relationships
include:
- Sets
- Deformer Sets
- Character Sets
- Partitions
- Display Layers
- Render Layers
- Render Pass Sets
- Animation Layers
- Dynamic Relationships
- Light Linking (Light-centric and Object-centric)
- UV Linking (Texture-centric, UV-centric, Paint Effects/UV, Hair/UV, and Fur/UV)
- Hair/Fur Linking
Note
The is separate from the which is used to control relationships of particle objects.
menus
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Turn this on to automatically display all relationships of the selected type in the scene. This is the default.
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Turn this on to display relationships by choosing one of the following options:
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Display only the relationships associated with the objects selected in the scene.
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Add to the display the relationships associated with the objects selected in the scene.
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Remove from the display the relationships associated with the objects selected in the scene.
To display objects
- In the right side panel, select one of the following options from the menu.
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Turn this on to automatically display all objects in the scene.
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Turn this on to automatically display objects in the relationships associated with the objects selected in the scene.
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Turn this on to display objects by choosing one of the following options:
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Display only the selected objects.
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Add to the display the objects selected in the scene.
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Remove from the display the objects selected in the scene.
toolbar
- Drop down menu
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Controls which type of relationship to edit. This is the same as the items in the Window > Relationship Editors submenu.
- Plus and Minus icons
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When you are editing an asset-like relationship, such as sets, partitions, or characters, the plus and minus icons add or
remove the current selection from the highlighted asset in the editor.
For example, if you are editing sets, you can highlight a set on the left side of the editor and click the Plus icon to add
the currently selected objects to the set.
Panels
- Type text in the text boxes at the top of each panel to only show items with that text in their names. Click the icon to the
left of the text boxes to switch the filter on or off.
- Click a set on the left side, then click items on the right side to highlight or unhighlight them. Highlighted items on the
right side are connected to the item on the left side.
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