Node View Menu
The Node View menu lets you organize the nodes according to how you like to work and the nodes you use most often. You can easily add categories and subcategories, remove categories you don't use, and rename categories.

- In the upper-left corner of the Node view, click the menu
button.
Command | Description |
File |
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Lets you print the contents of the Node view. You must be connected to a printer. |
Edit |
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Cut |
Removes selected objects. You can then paste the object or its properties to another object. |
Copy |
Copies selected objects and properties. |
Paste |
Places an object you cut or copied into the location you select in a view. |
Paste Special |
Lets you copy and paste selected drawings into a different layer or paste the selection in the same layer to duplicate the drawings. |
Paste Special Again |
Pastes new drawings with the previous Paste Special settings. |
Delete |
Removes selected objects. |
Select All |
Selects all drawing objects in the current drawing window in the Drawing |
Deselect All |
Deselects all selected objects in the Drawing and Camera views. |
Invert Selection |
Deselects the currently selected items and selects all other items that were not selected. For example, if some lines are selected in a drawing, this command will deselect them and select any other lines in the drawing that were not selected. |
Layer Properties |
Shows or hides the Layer Properties view. |
Recalculate Selected |
Refreshes the node structure and rerenders the display of selected elements when the Camera View is in render mode. |
Recalculate All |
Refreshes the node structure and rerenders the display when the Camera view is in render mode. |
Tag |
You can tag elements in the Timeline or Node views to view only those elements. When you tag elements, an asterisk appears beside the item in the Timeline view. Once your elements are tagged and you have switched over to View Tagged Layers mode, the Timeline view will display only tagged elements. The red bar on the left of the layers indicates you are in this view mode. |
Timeline Tag: Tags selected elements in the Timeline or Node views. |
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Timeline Untag: Untags selected layer in the Timeline view. |
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Timeline Untag All: Untags all tagged elements. |
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Timeline Untag All Others: Untags all elements except the selected one. |
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Auto Render Write |
Renders a frame each time the current frame is changed. You must have a Write node in your node structure to use this command. |
Select Child Skipping Effects |
Lets you select the first element parented to the selected peg element in the Timeline view skipping effects in the hierarchy. |
Select Child |
Lets you select the first element parented to the selected peg element in the Timeline view. |
Select Group Content |
Select contents within the group node. |
Select Children |
Lets you select all elements parented to the selected peg element in the Timeline view. |
Select Parent Skipping Effects |
Lets you select the parent of the selected element in the Timeline view skipping effects in the hierarchy. |
Select Parent |
Lets you select the parent of the selected element in the Timeline view. |
Select Previous Sibling |
Lets you select the previous element (above current element) in the Timeline view. |
Select Next Sibling |
Lets you select the next element (below current element) in the Timeline view. |
View |
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Zoom In Node View |
Zooms in the view. |
Zoom Out Node View |
Zooms out the view. |
Reset Zoom |
Resets the view’s zoom to its default position. |
Centre on Selection |
Centre the display of the Node view on the selected node. This is useful when you have many nodes in the Node view, you may find it hard to locate which one is selected. |
Reset Pan |
Resets the view’s pan to its default position. |
Reset View |
Resets the view to its default position. |
Show All Nodes |
Display all nodes. |
Editor |
Display the Layer Properties editor of the selected node. |
Publish Attribute Node |
To quickly access parameters for nodes that are grouped, you can select your most common parameters to modify and make them appear in the group Layer Properties editor. This way, you can access them directly without having to enter the group every time. |
Show Selected Thumbnails |
Displays the thumbnails of selected nodes. |
Hide All Thumbnails |
Hides all the thumbnails of selected nodes. |
Navigator |
Hide Navigator: Hides the navigator. |
Top Right: Places the navigator in the top-right corner of the Node view. |
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Top Left: Places the navigator in the top-left corner of the Node view. |
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Bottom Right: Places the navigator in the bottom-right corner of the Node view. |
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Bottom Left: Places the navigator in the top-left corner of the Node view. |
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Cable Style |
Line: Use straight lines to show the connections between nodes. |
Bezier: Use curved (Bezier) lines to show the connections between nodes. |
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Nodes |
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Enable |
Activate the selected node. |
Disable |
Deactivate the selected node. |
Enable All |
Activate all nodes. |
Disable All Others |
Deactivates all nodes except for those those selected. This operation only affects the current level layers. It does not affect the nested nodes within a group. Deactivated nodes appear in red. |
Clone Selected Nodes: Drawings and Timing |
Creates a copy of the selected element that is linked to the original. If a drawing is modified in the original or cloned layer, both will be updated. However, cloned layers can have different timings. When you clone a node, it does not automatically connect itself to the Composite node of your scene. You can clone the drawings only or both the drawings and timing |
Clone Selected Nodes: Drawings Only |
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Duplicate Selected Nodes |
Creates an independent copy of the selected element. This useful when you need to modify the element independently, including the timing (exposure). Changes to the original element do not propagate to the duplicate. |
Group Selection |
Creates a simple group from your selection. The resulting group displays the same number of connections as elements in the group. |
Group Selection with Composite |
Group a selection. |
Ungroup |
Ungroups the selected group of nodes. |
Move to Parent Group |
Moves selected nodes up to the parent group level. |
Exit Group |
Exits the group. |
Clear Published Attributes |
Removes the most common parameters you selected for quick access in the Layer Properties editor of a group. |
Insert |
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Composite |
Adds a Composite node to the Node view. |
Display |
Adds a Display node to the Node view. |
Drawing |
Opens the Add Drawing Layer dialog box where you can specify the type of layer to add. |
Group |
Adds a Group node to the Node view. |
Parent Peg |
Adds a new peg to the timeline as a parent of the selected layer. |
Peg |
Adds a Peg node to the Node view. |
Effects |
Lets you add effects from these categories: 3D, Combine, Deformation, Favourites, Filter, Generator, Group, Misc, Move, Output, Particle, Sapphire, Shading and Plugins. |
Backdrop |
Adds a backdrop to the Node view. Backdrops are a way to work with complex node systems that let you associate a selected set of nodes by colour. |