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When working in the Schematic view, you can:
■ Show or hide the Schematic Navigator.
■ Clean up the view (clean up all or a portion of the composition,
automatically zoom to fit the dependency graph in the view).
■ Change the name of a node.
■ Work with connections (connect one node to another, insert a node
between two nodes, disconnect one node from another, reposition a node
within the composition, change the appearance of connections, have
connections highlight when you pass the cursor over them).
■ Work with groups and super tools (create a group, edit a group or enter a
Super tool, exit a group or a Super tool, ungroup a group, add inputs and
outputs to group nodes).
■ Work with branches (collapse or expand a branch).
■ Mute or unmute a node.
■ Turn intermediate results on or off for a node.
■ Set or clear a context point on a node. See
Setting Context Points on page
191.
■ • Reset the node to its default values.
■ Cut, copy, paste, or delete nodes. Navigate nodes.
NOTE When using super tools or working inside a grouped tool, the name of the
tool or group is displayed a the bottom of the Schematic, so you always know
where you are in relation to the dependency graph.
Node Overview
There are several different types of node features, as well as different types of
node connections.
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