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Part VI: Advanced Modeling 635

Chapter 24: Building Complex Scenes with Containers and
XRefs and Using Asset Tracking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 637
Working with Containers ..................................................................................................637
Creating and filling containers .................................................................................638
Closing and saving containers .................................................................................640
Updating and reloading containers ..........................................................................640
Setting container rules .............................................................................................640
Using container proxies ...........................................................................................641
Setting global container preferences ........................................................................642
Referencing External Objects ............................................................................................642
Using XRef scenes ...................................................................................................643
Using XRef objects ..................................................................................................646
Using material XRefs ...............................................................................................648
Merging modifiers ...................................................................................................649
Using proxies ..........................................................................................................649
Controller XRefs ......................................................................................................649
Configuring XRef paths ...........................................................................................649
Setting Up Asset Tracking .................................................................................................650
Checking in and checking out .................................................................................651
Using the Asset Tracking interface ...........................................................................651
Logging in ...............................................................................................................651
Selecting a working folder .......................................................................................652
Getting and adding Vault files .................................................................................652
Loading older file versions.......................................................................................653
Changing asset paths ...............................................................................................653
Working with proxies .............................................................................................654
Summary ..........................................................................................................................654
Chapter 25: Working with the Schematic View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 655
Using the Schematic View Window ..................................................................................655
The Graph Editors menu options ............................................................................655
The Schematic View interface ..................................................................................656
Working with Schematic View nodes ......................................................................659
Working with Hierarchies .................................................................................................664
Using the Display floater .........................................................................................664
Connecting nodes ...................................................................................................665
Copying modifiers and materials between nodes .....................................................666
Assigning controllers and wiring parameters ...........................................................666
Tutorial: Linking a character with the Schematic View ............................................666
Setting Schematic View Preferences...................................................................................668
Limiting nodes ........................................................................................................668
Working with grids and backgrounds .....................................................................669

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