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Chapter 25: Working with the Schematic View
As the number of nodes increases, it can become tricky to locate and see the correct node to work with.
Along the bottom edge of the Schematic View window are several navigation buttons that work similarly to
the Viewport Navigation Control buttons. Using these buttons, you can pan, zoom, and zoom to the extents
of all nodes. These buttons are described in Table 25.2.
The Schematic View navigation buttons can also be accessed from within the View menu. These menu com-
mands include Pan Tool (Ctrl+P), Zoom Tool (Alt+Z), Zoom Region Tool (Ctrl+W), Zoom Extents
(Alt+Ctrl+Z), Zoom Extents Selected (Z), and Pan to Selected.
Tip Navigating the Schematic View window
You can also navigate the Schematic View window using the mouse and its scroll wheel. Scrubbing the mouse
wheel zooms in and out of the window in steps. Holding down the Ctrl key and dragging with the scroll wheel
button zooms smoothly in and out of the window. Dragging the scroll wheel pans within the window. n
TABLE 25.2
Schematic View Navigation Buttons
Toolbar Button Name Description
Zoom Selected Zooms in on the nodes that correspond to the selected
Viewport Object viewport objects
Search Name field Locates an object node when you type its name

Pan Moves the node view when you drag in the window

Zoom Zooms when you drag the mouse in the window

Region Zoom Zooms to an area selected when you drag an outline

Zoom Extents Increases the window view until all nodes are visible

Zoom Extents Increases the window view until all selected nodes are
Selected visible
Pan to Selected Moves the node view at the current zoom level to the
selected objects

Working with Schematic View nodes

Every object displayed in the scene has a node—a simple rectangular box that represents the object or attri-
bute. Each node contains a label, and the color of the node depends on the node type.
Node colors
Nodes have a color scheme to help identify them. The colors of various nodes are listed in Table 25.3.

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