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Show All Tracks Brings you to the top of the scene object list.
Find Next Parameter Finds the next wired parameter in the scene,
expanding the tree if necessary to show and select it. You can browse through
all existing wires by clicking this button repeatedly.
NOTE If you click a wired parameter, its connections are shown in green on the
other tree view. While the wired parameter is highlighted, the Show Next Wire
button on the other tree cycles through the green connections only, so you can
quickly find the selected wire’s connections.
Refresh Tree View Content to Selected Node Shows only the node or
nodes that are selected in the scene in the tree view. The nodes are shown as
currently exanded.
Control Direction The Parameter Wiring dialog provides three
direction-control buttons between the tree views. You can choose only one
of these at a time. These buttons determine the direction of control, either
one-way or two-way:
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Two-way connection [two-headed arrow] Click this to link both
parameters to each other, so that changing either parameter affects the
other.
■ One-way connection: right parameter controls left parameter [left
arrow] The right parameter controls the left parameter.
■
One-way connection: left parameter controls right parameter [right
arrow] The left parameter controls the right parameter.
NOTE You can change the direction of a wire at any time by clicking the desired
direction button and then clicking Connect or Update.
Connect/Update The Connect/Update button changes its
label depending on whether clicking it would add a new wire to previously
unwired parameters (Connect) or change an existing wire’s expressions or
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