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Schematic View Toolbars 699
S chema ti c Vi ew Tool ba r s
Menu bar > Graph Editors > New Schematic V iew > Top
and bottom toolbars
Menu bar > G raph Editors > Saved Schematic Views
> Choose a saved schematic view. > Top and bottom
toolbars
Main toolbar > Schematic V iew button > Top and bottom
toolbars
The Schematic View toolbar at the top of the
window contains the following buttons:
Display Floater—Displays or hides the Display
Floater. Active button means floater is open,
inactive button means it’s hidden.
Select—L ets you select objects in the
Schematic View window and in the viewport.
Selecting objects in the Schematic View window
turns the node yellow. Selecti ng the objects in
the viewport, outlines their Schematic View
representat ion box in white, but doesn’t select it
in the Schematic view window. If you want to
the selection in Schematic view passed into the
viewport use the Sync Select ion button. Whatever
is selected in Schematic view wi ll become selected
in the viewport as well.
Connect—Lets you create hierarchies. J ust as
you link objects in the viewpor ts, you can create
linkages in Schematic View. Click the child and
connecttotheparent. Youalsousethistoadd
modifiers to objects, and to wire parameters.
Unli nk Sel ected—Unlinkswhateverisselected
in the Schematic View window.
Delete Objects—Deletes whatever is selected
in Schematic View. The deleted selection
disappears in the viewport and the Schematic
View window.
Hierarchy Mode—Shows the parent/child
relationships in a cascading display. The parents
aretotheleftandup,thechildrenareindented
toward the right and down.
References Mode—Shows relationships based
on instances and references rather than hierarchy.
Use this to view materials and modifiers.
Always Arrange—Sets Schematic View to
always arrange all entities based on arrangement
preference (alignment options). Displays a pop-up
warning before doing so. When this mode is on it
activates the toolbar button.
Arrange Children—Arranges the d isplay of
children based on set arrangement rules (alig n
options) below the selec ted parent.
Ar r ange Selected—Arranges the display of
children based on set arrangement rules (alig n
options) below the selec ted parent.
Free All—Frees all entities f rom ar r angement
rules,tagsthemwithaholeiconontheirleftend
and leaves them in place. Use this to freely ar r ange
all objects.
Fr e e Se le cted—Frees all selected entities from
arrangement rules, tags them with a hole icon on
their lef t end and leaves them i n place. Use this to
freely arr ange selected objects.
Move Children—Sets Schematic View to move
all children of parent bei ng moved. When this
mode is on, the toolbar button is activated.
Expand S elected—Reveals the display of all
child entities of selected entity.