Node ListΒΆ

The Node List view displays the whole document hierarchy in a 2D tree view or outline view.

Figure 1-1 A Node List view

By default when you create a Node List view it displays all nodes of the scene graph collapsed. You can expand or collapse a node to see or unsee its children nodes.

Expand a node

  1. Expand a node by clicking on the black triangle at the right of the node icon.
Collapse a node
  1. Collapse a node by clicking on the black triangle at the right of the node icon.

Selection

You can perform single, multiple, all or none selection of Nodes List nodes as in a Viewport or Browser view, however selection modifiers are slightly different.

Selected nodes will be display in the Nodes List with a brown color.

Selection modifiers

By default when performing a new selection, the previsous selection (if there is one) is always discarded. You can use following selection modifiers for specifying how the new selection get combined with the previous one.

  • Inverse
  • Range

The Inverse modifier is used for both single and multiple selections whereas Range modifier is used just for single selection.

Enable Inverse modifier
  1. Enable Inverse modifier by holding Ctrl before performing a single or multiple selection. The nodes in the new selection get added to the previous selection only and only if they are not in the previous selection.

The cursor will show a X to remind you that inverse modifier is enabled.

Enable Range modifier
  1. Enable Range modifier by holding Shift before performing a single selection. This creates a range starting from previous selection to new selection that selects everything in between.

The cursor will show a + to remind you that inverse modifier is enabled.

Buttons

  1. Toggle Display Mode: Toggle between show all nodes, show only selected nodes and show only nodes linked to the selection
  2. Lock List: Lock list content, only in Selection and Linked display modes
  3. Primitives: Display primitives
  4. Materials: Display materials
  5. Lights: Display lights
  6. Cameras: Display cameras
  7. Others: Display all other nodes
  8. Filter: Filter display nodes by name. When filtering by name, the list is then shown flat instead of hierarchically

Controls

Speak here on what happens when clicking around on keyboard and/or mouse.

Types

A Node List displays document nodes of the following types:

  • Preferences
  • SceneGraphNode
  • Primitive
  • Material
  • Light
  • SystemCamera
  • Camera
  • MayaCamera
  • RenderGraph
  • RenderPass
  • RenderLayer