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Part VI: Advanced Modeling
FIGURE 25.5
After rearranging nodes to the correct order, the planets are easy to locate.

Working with Hierarchies

Another key benefit of the Schematic View is to see the relationships between different objects. With the
Schematic View open, you can quickly tell which objects are children and which are parents. You can also
see which objects have modifiers and which have materials applied. You can get a wealth of knowledge
from the Schematic View.

Using the Display floater
With all relationships enabled, the Schematic View becomes a mess. Luckily, you can control which
Relationships and which Entities are displayed using the Display floater, shown in Figure 25.6.

FIGURE 25.6
The Display floater can turn nodes and lines on and off in the Schematic View.

The top section of the Display floater shows or hides relationships between nodes, which are displayed as
lines. The relationships that you can control include Constraints, Controllers, Param Wires, Light Inclusion,
and Modifiers. If you hold the mouse over these relationship lines, the details of the relationship are shown
in the tooltip that appears.

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