Interface

Lock/Unlock/Unlock Leaves/Expose/Conceal/Override All Locks

These commands are intended for use primarily with the Container feature, and as such are documented in the Container section. For details, see Locking and Unlocking Tracks.

Select All

Selects all tracks that are visible in the Hierarchy list. Collapsed items are not selected.

Select Invert

Inverts the current Hierarchy list selection.

TipInverting an empty selection is the same as selecting all.

Select None

Deselects all visible object tracks in the Hierarchy list. Does not apply to selected objects in the scene (object icons remain highlighted).

Select Children

Selects all objects descending from the selection by highlighting their icon in the Hierarchy list. Collapsed children are also selected.

TipYou can also select an object's children by double-clicking its icon.

Expand Objects

Expands only the object branch for all descendants of the selected object. The expanded branches are not selected.

NoteIf you are using Auto Expand with the Children option turned on, all objects branches are automatically expanded.

Expand Tracks

Expands all branches of the selected item.

Expand All

Expands all branches for all descendants of the selected object.

Collapse Objects

Collapses only the object branch for all descendants of the selected object.

Collapse Tracks

Collapses all branches of the selected item.

Collapse All

Collapses all branches for all descendants of the selected object.

Auto Expand

Expands the Hierarchy list automatically based on submenu selection choices. Submenu choices are: Selected Objects Only, Transforms, XYZ Components, Limits, Keyable, Animated, Base Objects, Modifiers, Materials, and Children.

Manual Navigation

Turns off Auto Expand. Allows you to manually decide when you will collapse and what you will expand. A small minus button in a circle to the left of an item lets you collapse it. This button disappears when Auto Expand is on and Manual Navigation is off.

TipTo expand or collapse individual tracks, use Alt+right-click.

Load Animation

Loads XML animation data from files to the highlighted track or tracks. For more information, see Saving and Loading Animation.

If any of the highlighted tracks has child tracks, animation is loaded to those tracks as well.

Save Animation

Saves XML animation data from the highlighted track or tracks to disk files. For more information, see Saving and Loading Animation.

If any of the highlighted tracks has child tracks, animation is saved from those tracks as well.

Properties

Displays the property dialog of a controller, if available. Not all controller use this dialog, and it is unavailable in these cases.

Assign Controller

Displays the Assign Controller dialog, which offers a list of the available controller for that selection.

Copy

Makes a copy of the controller held in the Track View clipboard.

Paste

Pastes the copied controller to another object or track. Copies can be pasted as instances or as unique copies.

Make Unique

Changes an instanced controller into a unique one. Changes made to instanced controller are reflected in all versions of the controller, unique controllers can be individually edited without affecting anything else.