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Part VI: Advanced Modeling
Tip
One of the easiest ways to get a background image of a model to use in the Schematic View is to render a single
frame and save it from the Rendered Frame Window to a location where you can reopen it as the Schematic View
background. If you want to print the hierarchy, you can do a screen capture of the Schematic View window, but it
would be nice to have a print feature added to the window. n
Display preferences
In the Schematic View Preferences dialog box, you can select the style to use for relationship lines. The
options include Bezier, Straight, Circuit, and None. When the Always Arrange, Arrange Children, or
Arrange Selected options are used, you can select to have the nodes arranged Stacked, Horizontal, or
Vertical. The Sync Selection options enable you to synch the selection between the Schematic View and the
Viewports or between Everything. If the Everything option is selected, then not only are geometry objects
in the viewports selected, but if a material is selected in the Schematic View, then the material is selected in
the Material Editor also. Sync Selection Everything also affects the Modifier Stack, the Controller pane in
the Display panel, and the Wiring Parameters dialog box.
The Schematic View Preferences dialog box also includes a Preferences section. These preference settings
include Double Buffer, which enables a double-buffer display and helps improve the viewport update per-
formance. The Zoom About Mouse Pointer preference enables zooming by using the scroll wheel on your
mouse or by pressing the middle mouse button while holding down the Ctrl key. The Move Children
option causes children nodes to move along with their parent. The Pan to Added Nodes preference auto-
matically resizes and moves the nodes to enable you to view any additional nodes that have been added.
The Use Wireframe Color option changes the node colors to be the same as the viewport object color. The
Display Layout Warning lets you disable the warning that appears every time you use the Always Arrange
feature. The Only Update on Focus option causes the Schematic View to update only when the window is
selected. Until then, any changes are not propagated to the window. This can be a timesaver when complex
scenes require redraws.
The Show Tooltips option allows you to disable tooltips if you desire. Tooltips show in the Schematic View
window when you hover the cursor over the top of a node. Tooltips can be handy if you’ve zoomed out so
far that you can’t read the node labels; just move the cursor over a node, and its label appears. The Snap
Floater option enables the Display and List floaters to be snapped to the edge of the window for easy access,
and the Relative Floaters option moves and resizes the floaters along with the Schematic View window.

Tutorial: Adding a background image to the Schematic View
You can position nodes anywhere within the Schematic View window. For example, you can position the
nodes to look something like the shape of the model that you’re linking. When positioning the different
objects, having a background image is really handy.

To add a background image for the Schematic View, follow these steps:
1. Open the Futuristic man with background.max file in the Chap 25 directory on the DVD.
This file uses the same futuristic man model used in the preceding example.
2. With the Perspective viewport maximized, select Tools ➪ Grab Viewport. Give the viewport the
name of futuristic man–front view, and click the Grab button.
The viewport image opens the Rendered Frame Window.

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