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Part VI: Advanced Modeling
FIGURE 25.3
Free nodes are moved independent of the arranging mode.

Free nodes

Note
If you hide a parent object, its children nodes are also hidden. n
Another useful way to reduce clutter in the Schematic View window is with the Layout ➪ Shrink Selected
command. This command replaces the rectangular node with a simple dot, but all hierarchical lines to the
node are kept intact. Figure 25.4 shows a Schematic View with several shrunk nodes. Shrunk nodes can be
unshrunk with the Layout ➪ Unshrink Selected and Unshrink All menu commands.
Note
The Shrink commands work only when Layout ➪ Toggle Shrink (Ctrl+S) is enabled. With this command, you can
turn on and off the visibility of shrunken nodes. n
To delete a node, select the node and click the Delete Objects button on the Schematic View toolbar or press
the Delete key. If several nodes are selected, they are all deleted. This deletes the object in the viewports also.
Renaming objects
In the Schematic View window, you can rename objects quickly and conveniently. To rename an object,
click a selected node and click again to highlight the text. When the text is highlighted, you can type the
new name for the object. This works only for nodes that have a name, which includes materials.

Tutorial: Rearranging the solar system
To practice moving nodes around, you’ll order the solar system model. When Max places nodes in the
Schematic View, it really doesn’t follow any specific order, but you can move them as needed by hand.

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