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492 Chapter 12: Animation
Dope Sheet Toolbars (p age 2–516)
Select Time (page 2–543)
Edit Ranges (page 2–550)
Edit Keys (page 2–531)
Time Ruler
Maintoolbar>CurveEditor(Open)>TimeRuler(below
right-hand pane)
Graph Editors menu > Track View - Curve Editor/Track
View - Dope Sheet > Time Ruler (below right-hand pane)
ThetimeruleratthebottomoftheTrackView
Key window measures time. Markings on the time
ruler reflect the settings in the
Time Configuration
dialog (page 3–768)
.Youcandragthetimeruler
ver t ical ly in the Key window to align it with any
track.
Track V iew Hierarchy
Tr ack Vi ew Cont rol ler W indow
Main toolbar > Curve Editor (Open) > Track View
Controller Window
Graph Editors menu > Track View - Curve Editor/Track
View - Dope Sheet
The Track View Controller window displays all
objects in your scene in a hierarchical fashion. You
select objects in the Hierarchy list to:
• Select object and t rack labels for Track View
operations.
• Select object icons to select objects in the scene.
• Select m aterial or map icons when working in
the Material Editor.
• Select modifiers in Track View to navigate the
modifier stack in the Modify panel.
See also
Hierarchy Right-Click Menu (page 2–495)
Proper t ies (Track View Hierarchy) (page 2–498)
Modif y Subtree (page 2–498)
Sound Options Dialog (page 2–499)
Procedures
To s el ect obje cts i n the scene usi n g t h e Tra ck View
Controller window:
1.
Do one of the following to select the first object:
• Click an object’s icon to select a single
object.
•Double-clickaparentobject’sicontoselect
an object and its descendants.
2. Do one of the following to select additional
objects:
• PressSHIFTandclickanobjecticonto
select all objects between the object and the
previously selected object.
• Press CTRL and click an object icon to add
(or remove) the object to the selection.
When objects are selected in the scene, their
icons are also highlighted in Track View.
All objects in your scene are always displayed in
Track View. However, selecting object icons in
Track View follows the same r ules as selecting
objects in the scene:
• You can’t select the icon of a hidden object.
• You can’t select the icon of a frozen object.
• Ifyouselecttheiconofanobjectthatispart
of a closed group, the group icon and all the
objects in the group are selected.