Schematic Options

You can set a number of display and playback option for the Schematic view.

To access the Schematic options:

With the cursor over the Schematic view, middle-click or press the tilde (~) key and go through the south gate.
The settings for that Schematic view are displayed.

Note

If more than one Schematic view is open, your cursor must be placed over the Schematic view on which you want to set options.

To set the display options:

Select the display tab.
Then set the display options.

Select:	To:
Navigator	Show or hide the Schematic Navigator. By default, the Navigator is displayed.
Highlights	Expand and highlight the tabs of a node when you pass the cursor over them.
Links	Change the line style of connections. Lines can appear as: Curved, Straight, or Angled.

Finally, set the placement options.

Select:	To:
Auto Layout	Automatically organize all of the nodes in the dependency graph.
Auto Zoom	Automatically zoom to keep the complete dependency graph visible in the center of the Schematic view.
Locate Node	Automatically locates a specific node in the Schematic when you select in the Composition browser.

NoteYou can make any of the display settings the default settings for the view by selecting them in your user preferences. See Setting User Preferences.

To hide the Schematic Navigator in the full screen Schematic:

Middle-click or press the tilde (~) key to display the drop gate, and swipe north to view the full screen Schematic.
Middle-click or press the tilde (~) key to display the drop gate, and swipe south to the Schematic Options.
Under Display, select Navigator to hide the Navigator. By default, the Navigator is visible.

To set the playback options:

Select the Playback tab.
Then set the ViewerTime options:

Set:	To:
Follow Master	Sets the view to global time. Disable to use its own global time.
Offset	Lets you set a frame offset for the time. The frame offset is with respect to the time you set for the view. For example, if you set a frame offset of 5 and selected the Follow Master option, the proxy in the view always displays the frame that is five frames ahead of the frame currently running in global time. If you deselected Follow Master, the proxy in the view always displays the frame that is five frames ahead of the frame running in the local time of the view.
Update on Play	Updates the proxy at each frame when you play the composition. Deselect to update proxy only when you stop playing the composition, and only at the scrub frames when you scrub through the composition.

Finally, set the Frame Rate options:

Set:	To:
Play All Frames	Plays all frames in the composition, regardless of whether it maintains the frame rate set for the composition. Deselect to have the view maintain the frame rate for the composition, at the expense of dropping the frames where necessary.
User	Lets you set the frame rate at which you want the Schematic view to play the composition. Type the frame rate in the field to the right of this button, or click and drag the bottom edge of the field to adjust the value.
Stop on Drop	Stops the Player if a tool is dropped into the dependency graph

Things to Remember:

Each Schematic view has its own set of options except for the flow (left-right, top-bottom, etc.)