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Using Schematic View 691
To add a back ground image:
1.
On the Schematic View Opt ions menu, choose
Preferences.
2. In the Background Image group, click the File:
buttontolaunchtheFileBrowser.
3. IntheBrowseImagesforInputdialog,findand
highlight the bitm ap you want to use, then click
Open.
4. On the Schematic View Preferences dialog, in
the B ackground group, tur n on Show Image.
The Background bitmap show up in the
Schematic View window.
Tip: Turn on Lock Zoom Pan, if y ou want to
zoom in or pan the background image.
To navigate complex scenes:
Complexscenescanbenavigatedquicklybyusing
the list viewer combined with the pan or zoom to
selected option. For example suppose you need to
locate all the bones within a certain character.
1. Open Schematic View
2. Press H on the keyboard and enter the name
of the object you’re looking for in the Select
Objects field. Press Enter to selec t the object
by name.
3. On the window navigation tools press
Zoom Selected.
The Schematic View window now clearly shows
the object node.
4. On the List Views menu, choose Show
Occur rences.
The List viewer displays the Object Occurrences
dialog.
This is a sortable list. You can click the header
title to sort by it.
Note: Object Occurrence is being used as an
example here. You can use any of the List View
menu choices to display a list of objects based
on a certain relationship.
5. On the Options menu choose Pan to
Selected. Now click through the nodes in the
list.
The Schematic View window updates to display
each node as you click.
This method makes navigation of very complex
scenes much more convenient. Also when
working with lists such as relationships or
instances you have the additional ability to
detachtherelationshipormaketheinstance
unique.
To ar ra nge the nodes in Schematic View to ma tch
the viewport:
It can be useful sometimes to arr ange the nodes in
the Schematic View the same as in the viewport.
There is a scr ipt that can do this for you. In this
example we’ll use the bones of a character rig.
1. Using Windows Explorer, copy
\3dsmax\scripts\maxscripttools\
macro_schematicviewtools.mcr
into
\3dsmax\ui\macroscripts .
2. Restart 3ds Max.
3. On the Customize menu, choose Customize
User Interface.
4. Click the Quads tab, then choose the Schematic
View category from the drop-down list on the
right
5. Drag the ac t ion named Project into Schematic
View in the Schematic View quad menu (any
quad you like).
6. Drag the Spacing Tool item into Schematic
View’s quad menu.
7. On the Graph Editors menu, choose New
Schematic View.