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566 Chapter 12: Animation
Select By Name using wildcard
Notes
• The name selection is not case-sensitive, except
for text withi n parentheses.
• Only those tracks that are open and displayed
can be selected.
• You can use wi ldcard characters. For example:
Seat selects all objects with S eat in the beginning
of the name.
(Cone01)Position selects only the Position
track under Cone01.
(Cone*)Position selects the Position track
under al l objects that begin with "Cone"
•
You can use commas (,)toincludemultiple
names in your selection.
Pr ocedur es
To hi ghlight al l the tra cks in a scene:
•Enter* intheSelectbyNamefieldintheTrack
Selection toolbar.
All the tracks are selected at once.
Example: To highlight and display Position track s for
three objects:
1.
Create three boxes.
By default, the boxes are named Box01, Box02,
and B ox03.
2. On the main toolbar, click Curve Editor
(Open).
3. In the Track View Hierarchy list, expand the
hierarchies for the three box objects.
4. IntheSelectByNamefield,type(Box*)p.
All the Position tracks are highlighted.
5. On the Track View toolbar, right-click Filters
andchooseSelectedTracksOnlyinthedialog.
The Position tracks for the three boxes are
displayed at the top of the Hierarchy list.
Example: To highlight multiple tra ck s using
comma-separated name selections:
1.
Create a box.
2. On the main toolbar, click Curve Editor
(Open).
3. In the Track View Hierarchy list, expand
box01’s hierarchy to see all Transform children
tracks.
4. IntheSelectByNamefield,typexpos,y
rot,scale.
The box’s X Position, Y Rotation, and Scale
tracks are highlighted. The commas placed
between each name act as Boolean addition
(“OR”) operators, allowing multiple names in
one selection.