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to select which tracks will display on an individual
basis.
The default behavior of the Controller window
is to automatically display the selected object
animated tracks, and to hide them when the
object is not selected in the viewport. Turning on
Manual Navigation changes this behavior so that
deselecting the object will not make the curves
disappear from view.
When Manual Navigation is engaged, buttons
appear in the Controller window next to the tracks,
that allow you to expand or collapse individual
containers such as objects or ma t erials.
Tip: Use Alt +right-click to quickly access tools
for expanding and collapsing selected tracks.
To collapse indiv idua l components i n t he Controller
wind ow:
1.
On the Graph Editors menu, choose Tr ack
View - Curve Editor.
2. Right-click the controller window and turn on
Manual Navigation.
3. Click any item label in the cont roller window.
An small minus si gn within a c ircle appears to
the left of the entry.
4. Clicktheminussigninthecircle.
Thetrackscollapse.Aplussignwithinacircle
appears.
When Manual Navigation is turned off, tracks
expand based on Auto-Expand choices made
on the Settings > Auto Expand men u.
Dis play M enu
TrackView>CurveEditor>Displaymenu
Display is only available when Track View is in
CurveEditormode.ThetogglesintheDisplay
menu let you adjust and customize how the items
in the Curve Ed itor appear.
Selected K ey Stats—Displays the s tatistics for the
selected keys in the function cur ve w indow. This
is useful because you only see statistics for the
keys you are working on. See Show Selected Key
Statistics (page 2–595)
All Tangents—Displays al l the tangent handles for
all keys in the Curve Editor.
Custom I cons—Changes the display of the icons in
the Hierarchy list from 2D to 3D shaded.
Keyable Icons—Displays a keyable icon that lets
you define if a track is keyable or not. Red icons
are keyable tracks, Black icons are not. Click the
icon to toggle between these or use Keyable on the
Cont rollers menu. S ee Keyable Icons (page 2–531).
Hide Non-S elected Cur ves— When this is on, if you
deselect the object in the viewpor t, the funct ion
curve will also disappear from view in the Curve
Editor.Defaultison.SeeHide/Show Non-Selected
Curves (page 2–532).
Show Non-Sel ected Cur v es—Turn this on so you
can deselect an object in the v iew port and still
see its curves. Default is off. See Hide/Show
Non-Selected Curves (page 2–532)
Freeze Non-S elected Cur ves—Displays nonselected
cur ves, but doesn’t allow you to edit them. Only
available when Show Non-Selected Curves is on.
Default is on. See Freeze Non-Selected Curves (page
2–587).