Windows > Sets > Set lister

Picking Sets

For more information on creating Sets, see Edit > New set.

Select Windows > Sets > Set Lister or select Sets > Lister from the layers bar to open the Set Lister window.

This window displays all sets of the current stage in the lister, by default. Sets can be picked or unpicked in either the SBD window, the modeling window, or the Set Lister window. You pick a set in the SBD or modeling window by selecting all members of the set.

To pick a set from the Set Lister window, click on the name of the set.

In the following example, two sets have been created. If you click set #2 in the Set Lister window, all members of this set are picked. You can see the picked objects in the SBD window.

If you unpick one of the set members, set #2 is un-highlighted in the Set Lister window since not all its members are picked.

If you deselect one of the set names in the Set Lister, all members of the set are unpicked (and un-highlighted) in the modeling window.

Picklist - auto

If the auto button is highlighted (ON), selecting a set in the Set Lister window picks all its members in the modeling window. Also, picking all the members of a set in the modeling window selects the set in the Set Lister window. The auto button is on by default.

If the auto button is not highlighted (OFF), selecting sets in the Set Lister window does not affect the modeling picklist, and vice versa. This is useful if you want to invoke functions that act upon sets without changing the pick status of objects in the modeling world (for example, Animation > Set keyframe).

Notes:

Unpicking a set will unpick all of its members in the modeling window if the auto option is toggled on.

One common reason for set picking to fail occurs when some members of the set are invisible. If this is the case, turn auto off if you want to select the set in the lister (or set the member in the Set Editor).

Picklist - update

If auto is set OFF, the update button can be used to periodically change the picklist so only members of selected sets are picked in the modeling window. To update the picklist, click the update button. This causes all members of highlighted sets to be picked in the modeling and SBD windows.

Select

none

: All the sets in the lister are deselected.

all

: All the sets in the Set Lister are selected. Sets already selected remain unaffected.

The value at the far right indicates how many sets are currently selected.

You can also pick a set by selecting its name on layers bar > Sets.

Note:

Certain Set Lister buttons are grayed out in the option box or when you enter a momentary or continuous function that requires picking operations. This is to prevent simultaneous execution of conflicting operations.

When these items are grayed out, you cannot select them. To activate them, use one of the Pick options.

Set Lister "List" menu

List All

: All existing sets on the current stage are listed in the Set Lister.

List picked

: Only the selected sets are listed in the Set Lister.

Remove

: All selected sets are removed from the Set Lister.

Note:

Remove does not delete the actual sets. They are no longer displayed in the Set Lister, but the sets themselves still exist .

Set Lister "Modify" menu

Add Members

: Currently picked objects in modeling window are added as new members to the selected sets on the lister.

Note:

An object that has an ancestor or descendent members of the set, cannot be added to the set. CVs of an object with construction history cannot be added to a set.

Remove Members

: Currently picked objects in the modeling window are removed from sets, if they are members of any selected sets in the lister.

Create Set

: A new set is created with the members of all picked objects in the modeling window.

Delete Set

: All selected sets are deleted, not just removed from the lister.

Editing Sets in the Set Lister

To change the name of a set:

: Double click a set name. Once highlighted, type the new name in the field.

To change the type of a set:

: Click the toggle button with rings to the left of a set name. This toggles the type of a set between exclusive and multiple. Overlapping rings represents multiple sets. Separate rings represents an exclusive set. See Edit > New set for more information about set type.

To open the Set Editor:

: Click the arrow button to the left of a set item. This opens the Set Editor for this set.

Set Lister Options

Select Windows > Sets > Set lister - to display the Set Lister Options window.

Mode

Active and All determine whether the lister will open with all its members listed, or only those that are active. A set is active if all its members are selected. The names of active sets appear highlighted in the Set Lister.

Note:

The names of all sets are listed in the Set Lister by default. However, if the Mode option is set to Active, only active sets are listed.

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