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To sel ect and desel ect i tem lab els by click i ng:
1.
Select the first item by clicking its label.
2. Do one of the following to add or subtract from
the selection:
• Press SHIFT and click an item label to select
all items between the item and the previously
selected item.
• Press CTRL and click an item label to add
(or remove) that item to the selection.
• PressALTandclickanitemlabeltoselectall
item labels in the column.
Right-clicking an item displays a right-click
menu for g lobally selecting items in the
Hierarchy list.
To select items in the Controller window with the
right-click menu:
• Right-click an item in the Controller window,
then do any of the following:
• Choose Select All to select all items visible in
the Hierarchy list. Collapsed items are not
selected. Press CTRL and choose Select Al l
to select only visible transform items.
• Choose Select Invert to reverse the selection
pattern.
• ChooseSelectNonetoclearallitemsfrom
the selec tion.
• Choose Selected Children to select the
linked descendants of a parent object.
When working with function cur ves, you can
also select a controller icon (instead of the label)
to select that function curve for vertex editing.
To select a material or map as the active material in
the Mater ial Editor :
1.
Open the Material Editor.
2. Open the Medit Materials branch in the
Hierarchy list of the Controller window and
select a material.
The selected material becomes the active item
in the Material Editor. This is one way to
navigate and select a material for editing.
Exa mple: To navigate the modifier sta ck in the
Modify panel:
1.
Create a cyl inder.
2. In the Modify panel, add a Bend and a Twist
modifier to the cylinder.
3. In the Track V iew controller window, expand
the Cylinder branch.
4. Expand the Modified O bject branch.
5. Click the icon of the Twist modifier.
The Twist modifier is displayed on the Modif y
panel.
6. Click the icon of the Bend modifier in the
Hierarchy list.
The Bend modifier is displayed on the Modify
panel.
To highli ght all tr ack s containi ng a nimati on:
1.
Create a box and a sphere.
2. ClickAutoKey,gotoframe10and
movethesphereinX.
3. Gotoframe20andmovethesphereinY.
4. Gotoframe30andmovethesphereinZ.
5. Deselect the sphere by clicking in a blank area
of the viewport.
6. Open the t r ack View — Curve Editor and press
CTRL+A.
Locate in the Track View Controller window
theboxandsphereobjects.Noticethatboth
their icons are highlighted as well as the sphere’s
XYZ position tracks.