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The Schematic View window now clearly shows the object node.
4 On the List Views menu, choose Show Occurrences.
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 detach the relationship or
make the instance unique.
To arrange the nodes in Schematic View to match the viewport:
It can be useful sometimes to arrange the nodes in the Schematic View the
same as in the viewport. There is a script 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 action 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.
8 In any viewport (other than Perspective or User), select the bones of the
rig that you want to arrange.
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