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Part II: Working with Objects

FIGURE 6.8
Isolated Selection mode lets you focus on the details of the selected object.

Selecting objects in other interfaces
In addition to selecting objects in the viewports, you can use many of the other interfaces and dialog boxes
to select objects. For example, the Material Editor includes a button that selects all objects in a scene with
the same material applied.

The Select by Material button opens the Select Object dialog box with all objects that use the selected mate-
rial highlighted.
Another way to select objects is in the Track View, which can be opened using the Graph Editors ➪ New
Track View menu command. To view all the objects click the + sign that precedes the Objects track. You
can identify the Objects track by a small, yellow cube. A hierarchy of all the objects in a scene is displayed.
At the bottom left of the Track View window is the Select by Name text field. Typing an object name in this
field automatically selects the object’s track in the editor’s window, but not in the viewport. Clicking the
yellow cube icon selects the object in the viewport.

A third interface that you can use to select objects is the Schematic View, which is opened using the Graph
Editors ➪ New Schematic View menu command. It offers a hierarchical look at your scene and displays all
links and relationships between objects. Each object in the Schematic View is displayed as a rectangular node.
To select an object in the viewport, find its rectangular representation in the Schematic View and simply
click it. To select multiple objects in the Schematic View, you need to enable Sync Selection mode with the

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