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Creating and removing containers
Creating and removing containers
Preview the contents of a container
Create containers
When you create a container,
you can use the Create Container Options window
to customize which nodes, connected or related to your selected
nodes, will also be included.
To create a container
- Select the nodes you want to place in a container.
- Select
Assets > Create Container > . You
can also select
Edit > Container > Create
Container from
the Hypergraph window.
The Create
Container Options window appears.
- Set Operation to Create
container.
- Name your container.
- If you want to include the entire node
network connected to the selected objects in your container, turn
on Include Connected.
NoteThis option includes
nodes directly connected to the selected nodes, as well as indirectly
connected nodes (nodes connected to directly connected nodes and
so forth).
- Select the node hierarchy to include
in your container.
- Select Root Transform to
automatically publish the selected object as the container’s root
transform. Select Root Attributes to automatically
publish the root node’s basic attributes (translation, rotation,
and scale).
- Click Apply and close.
A container node is created
containing the selected objects and any related nodes you specified.
Include
Connected and Include Hierarchy automatically
select all the connected and related nodes respectively. If you
only want a subset of these nodes included in your container, you
can use the Preview contents option.
To create a container with a subset of
connected or related nodes
- Use the Preview contents option
to select a set of connected or related nodes (for information on
how to do this, see
Preview the contents of a container).
Even if you don’t want
all the connected or related nodes, these options often provide
a good starting point for a node selection.
- Modify the selection to include only
the nodes you want in the container.
- Select
Assets > Create Container > . You
can also select
Edit > Container > Create
Container from
the Hypergraph window.
The Create
Container Options window appears.
- Set Operation to Create
container.
- Turn off Include connected and Include
hierarchy.