Windows > Sets > Edit set

Editing Sets in the Set Editor

How to Use

Create a set by picking a collection of DAG nodes, CVs and/or cameras and then selecting Edit > New set.

To open the Set Editor, either:

Select Windows > Sets > Edit set to open all Set Editors for those sets whose members are all picked.

Select the set name - on the list of layers bar > Sets to open the Set Editor for this set.

Click the > button at the left of a set name on the Set Lister to open the Set Editor for this set.

Set Editor Window

The Set Editor lets you add or remove members of sets, rename sets, and change the MULTI or EXCLUSIVE type of a set.

One set editor is opened for each set. You can open many Set Editor windows, each window serving one set.

In the following example, the Set Editor contains three members: a sphere, a cylinder, and a torus.

Tip:

If you don't need to see the list of current members, you can add and remove them through the Set Lister (see Picking Sets on page 415).

Set Name

The set name in this example is set. The set name can be changed by clicking on the name field and typing a new name.

Set Type

The default set type is MULTI. You define the Set Type using the Edit > New set - option box. You can change the Set Type in the Set Editor by clicking the EXCLUSIVE or MULTI button.

EXCLUSIVE

: None of the set members can belong to any other set.

MULTI

You can change a set type or a set name in Set Lister if you do not want to see members of the set.

: Its members may belong to more than one set.

Picklist Updating

Controls whether or not set members are automatically selected and deselected when they are picked and unpicked in the modeling window. If set to auto, a set member is highlighted in the Set Editor when picked in the modeling window. Similarly, if a set member is selected in the Set Editor, it is picked in the modeling window.

Select - none/all

: The number next to the none and all buttons indicates how many items are selected in the Set Editor. all means that all the items in the Set Editor are selected, and none deselects all items in the Set Editor.

Tip:

In some cases, set members may not be pickable in the modeling window (for example, if a member is invisible). In this case, turn auto OFF to select the members in the editor only.

Set Editor Buttons

Add

: All items that are currently picked in the modeling window are added to the set.

Remove

: All selected items in the set editor are removed from the set.

Note:

The CVs of an object with construction history can not be added to a set.

If an object's ancestor or descendent are already part of the set, it can not be added.

To delete a set, click all to select all members in the set, then click Remove to remove the members. A set that has no members is itself deleted.

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