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Auto E xpa nd—
Expands the Hierarchy list
automatically based on submenu selection choices.
Submenu choices are: Selected Objects Only,
Transforms, XYZ Components, Limits, K eyable,
Animated, Base Objects, Modifiers, Materials, and
Children.
Manual Navigation—Turns of f Auto Exp a nd.
Allows you to manually decide w hen you will
collapse and w hat you will expand. A small minus
button in a circle to the left of an item lets you
collapseit. ThisbuttondisappearswhenAuto
Expand is on and Manual Navigation is off.
Tip: To expand or collapse individual tracks, use
Alt +right-click.
Load Animation—Loads XML animation
data from files to the highlighted track or tracks.
For more information, see Saving and Loading
Animation (page 3–472).
If any of the highlighted tracks has child tracks,
animation is lo aded to those tracks as well.
Save Animation—Saves XML animation data
fromthehighlightedtrackortrackstodiskfiles.
For more information, see Saving and Loading
Animation (page 3–472).
If any of the highlighted tracks has child tracks,
animationissavedfromthosetracksaswell.
Proper t ies—Displays the propert y dialog of a
controller, if available. Not all controller use this
dialog, and it is unavailable in these cases.
Assign Controller—Displays the Assign Controller
dialog, which offers a list of the available controller
for that selection.
Co py—Mak es a copy of the controller held in the
Track View clip boa rd.
Pas t e—Pastes the copied controller to another
object or track. Copies can b e pasted as instances
or as unique copies.
Mak e Unique—Changes an instanced controller
into a unique one. Changes made to instanced
controller are reflected in all versions of the
controller, unique controllers can be individually
edited without affecting anything else.
Alt + R ight- click Me nu
These commands can also be found on the
right-click quad menu described above.
Expand Objects—Expands only the object branch
for all descendants of the selected object. The
expanded branches are not selected.
Note: If you are using Auto Expand (page 2–527)
withtheChildrenoptionturnedon,allobjects
branches are automatically expanded.
Expand Tracks—Expands all branches of the
selected item.
Expand All—Expands all branches for all
descendants of the selected object.
Collaps e Obj ects —Collapses only the object branch
for a ll descendants of the selected object.
Collapse Track s—Collapses all branches of the
selected item.
Collapse All—Collapses all branches for all
descendants of the selected object.