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selected in the viewports will have their corresponding entities selected in
Schematic View.
Everything When this is chosen, all entities selected in Schematic View will
have their corresponding entities selected in the appropriate places in the
interface, given that those places are open. For instance, selecting a material
in Schematic View will select it in the material editor if it is open and the
material is present, selecting a modifier in Schematic View will select it in the
stack is the Modify panel is open. Likewise, entities selected in the scene will
have their corresponding entities selected in Schematic View.
None When this is chosen, changes in the viewport selection do not affect
the Schematic View display, and selection changes in the Schematic View
display do not affect the viewport selection.
Background Image group
Show Image When on, the background bitmap (if one is chosen) is displayed.
When off, it is not displayed.
By default, the background image displays at screen resolution at the current
zoom factor of Schematic View.
Lock Zoom/Pan When this is turned on, zooming and panning resizes the
background image accordingly. When turned off, the bitmap will remain or
revert to actual pixels at screen resolution.
File button Click to choose an image file for the background of Schematic
View.
When no background image has been chosen, this button displays “None.”
If an image has been chosen, it shows the name of the bitmap file.
Preferences group
Double Buffer Allows for double buffer display to control viewport
performance.
Zoom About Mouse Pointer When this is turned on you can zoom into
wherever you place your cursor. You can also zoom with the zoom wheel, or
hold Ctrl and press the middle mouse button.
Pan to Added Nodes When this is turned on the Schematic View window
will alter itself to accommodate new objects or nodes as they are added to the
scene. When this is turned off the view is unchanged. Leave this off and turn
off Auto arrange, and Schematic view will not disturb the layout of the nodes.
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