Track Sets Editor Dialog

The Track Sets Editor dialog is a modeless dialog that lets you create and edit animation track groups called track sets. This feature facilitates working on multiple tracks at a time, because you can recall your tracks without the need to select them individually.

• Track View > Track Selection toolbar > (Edit Track Set)

Tip: As your projects grow in size, you can also use track sets to help organize your animations by regrouping them under reference dates or versions such as Walk_Animation_v5.0 or Baseball_Hit_2005/07/01.

Within the Track Sets Editor dialog, you can browse track set listings, add or remove tracks to/from a track set, highlight track set members based on selections from the Hierarchy list, and vice-versa.

Procedures

To create a track set from selected tracks:

1. In the Track View Controller window, highlight tracks to group as a track set.
2. Click (Edit Track Set).
3. In the Track Sets Editor dialog, click (Create A New Track Set).
4. Expand the new track set.

   A new track set appears, containing your selected tracks.

To edit the contents of a track set:

This procedure follows from the previous procedure, and focuses on adding and removing tracks to/from your track set.

1. In the Track View Controller window, highlight a few tracks to add to your track set. Make sure the tracks are not already part of it.
2. In the Track Sets Editor dialog, highlight your track set or any of its members, and then click (Add The Track View Selection To The Current Track Set).

   The highlighted tracks are now members of your track set.

3. Click (Remove The Track View Selection From The Current Track Set).

   The highlighted tracks are now removed from the track set.

To locate tracks in the Track View or the Track Sets Editor:

This procedure is a continuation of the previous procedures and explains how you can use the Track Sets Editor to quickly locate your tracks in the Hierarchy list and vice-versa. This is useful for managing scenes comprised of many tracks that span across multiple track sets.

1. Create two track sets each containing tracks. Make sure one track is common to both track sets.
2. In the Track View Controller window, highlight the common track.

   In the Track Sets Editor dialog, click (Highlight Tracks Selected In The Track View).

   The common track is highlighted in both track sets.

3. Highlight another track set member and click (Select The Current Track Or Track Set In The Track View).

   The respective track in the Controller window is highlighted.

Interface

The Track Sets Editor dialog window displays all current track sets. To expand or collapse the track list for a set, click the plus (+) or minus (-), button next to the track set name.

Create A New Track Set

Adds a new track set comprising any highlighted tracks in the Hierarchy list.

Only leaf tracks can be part of a track set. If you highlight a non-leaf parent track when the track set is created, all its children leaf tracks are added instead.

A track set created from a non-leaf parent track contains all children leaf tracks.

Note: If no tracks are highlighted, an empty set is created.

Delete Track Sets Or Tracks

Removes a highlighted track set or track set member.

Note: Deleting a track set member does not delete it in the Track View.

Add The Track View Selection To The Current Track Set

Combines a highlighted track from the Controller window to the current track set.

Only leaf tracks can be added to a track set. If you highlight a non-leaf parent track to be added to the track set, all its children leaf tracks are added instead.

Remove The Track View Selection From The Current Track Set

Deletes a track set member from the current track set. The track itself must be highlighted in the Controller window.

Highlight Tracks Selected In The Track View

Highlights a track set member based on the current Track View selection. If a track is shared between track sets, all track set members are highlighted.

Select The Current Track Or Track Set In The Track View

Highlights a track in the Controller window based on the current track set member selection.