Animation > Editors > Set Lister

Displays the Set Lister window.

Set Lister Options

Mode: All – The Set Lister displays all sets of the current stage. This is the default.

Active – The Set Lister displays only active sets.

A set is active if all its members are selected. Active sets are highlighted in the Set Lister.

Controls in the Set Lister window

Picklist Updating

This option controls whether changes to the picklist affect the modeling window automatically or only when you choose.

auto

By default, this is ON. When it is OFF, you can use functions that act on sets without affecting which objects are picked in the modeling window.

If the auto button is selected:

Selecting a set in the Set Lister picks all its members in the modeling or SBD window. Deselecting a set in the Set Lister unpicks all its members.

Picking all the members of a set in the modeling or SBD window selects the set in the Set Lister. Unpicking one member in the modeling or SBD window deselects the set.

NoteIf picking all the members of a set fails to pick the set, check in the SBD window to see whether some members are invisible. If so, turn off auto if you want to select the set in the lister (or set the member in the Set Editor).

If the auto button is not selected:

Selecting sets in the Set Lister does not affect what is picked in the modeling window
Picking or unpicking objects in the modeling window does not affect which sets are picked in the Set Lister.

NoteWhen auto is off, you can use functions that act on sets without affecting which objects are picked in the modeling window.

update

If auto is off, you can change what is picked so that only members of your selected sets are picked.

To do so, click the update button. All members of the highlighted sets become picked in the modeling and SBD windows. Any other objects become unpicked.

Select

none: All the sets in the lister are deselected.
all: All the sets in the Set Lister are selected. Sets already selected remain selected.

The value at the far right shows how many sets are currently selected.

NoteSome Set Lister buttons are grayed out in the option box or when you start a function that requires picking. This is to prevent simultaneous, conflicting actions.

NoteWhen items are grayed out, you cannot select them. To activate them, use one of the Pick options. Now that an object is selected, the other function become available again.

Set Lister “List” menu

List All: All sets on the current stage are listed in the Set Lister.
List picked: Only the selected sets are listed in the Set Lister.
Remove: All selected sets are removed from the Set Lister.

NoteRemove does not delete the actual sets. They are no longer displayed in the Set Lister, but the sets themselves still exist.

Set Lister “Modify” menu

Add Members: Currently picked objects in modeling window are added, as new members, to the selected sets on the lister.

NoteAn object that has an ancestor or descendent members in the set cannot be added to the set.

NoteCVs of an object with construction history cannot be added to a set.
Remove Members: Currently picked objects in the modeling window that belong to a Set (or Sets) and are also selected in the Set Lister, are removed from those sets.
Create Set: A new set is created with the members of all picked objects in the modeling window.
Delete Set: All selected sets are deleted, not just removed from the lister.