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.
Buttons on the Lower Toolbar
- Zoom Selected Viewport Object
-
Zooms in on whatever is selected in the viewport. You can also type in the name in the text field next to this button.
- Selected Object text entry window
-
Lets you type in the name of the object you are looking for. Then click the Zoom Selected Viewport Objects button and that
object will appear in the Schematic View window selected.
- Prompt Area
-
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 in the window. You can also achieve the same effect by using the scroll bars at the
right and bottom of the Schematic View window, or by using the middle mouse button.
- 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 the display. The display of the nodes changes
as you move in or out.
You can also zoom by holding Ctrl and pressing the middle mouse button. To zoom at the cursor, turn on Zoom About Mouse Point in the Schematic View Settings
dialog, accessed by click the Preferences button.
- Zoom Region
-
Lets you draw a zoom window on the area of the Schematic view you want to see up close.
- Zoom Extents
-
Zooms the window back so all the nodes in the Schematic View are visible.
- Zoom Extents Selected
-
Zooms the window back so that all the selected nodes are visible in the display.
- Pan to Selected
-
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.