History View

Opens the History View window. Use History View to view and edit the construction history of the picked objects. The window shows operations you have performed that are maintaining construction history.

Tip: The History Visualizer provides more efficient ways of working with construction history. It not only provides improved viewing and editing features, but also it lets you replace inputs to tools and create construction history presets. Access the History Visualizer from the Windows menu or right-click the history button to the right of the promptline.

For more information see Windows > History Visualizer.

History View icon bar

- Suspend History - Suspends construction history updates for picked objects.

- Delete Selected - Deletes the selected construction history. This does not delete the actual objects, only the construction history being maintained. It is the same as picking the object and choosing Delete > Delete Construction History.

- Displays the history view of all the objects in the scene (also available in the More menu).

- Displays the history view of picked objects (also available in the More menu).

- Focuses the view based on the layers selected in the Object Lister or Layer Bar. For example, selecting a layer automatically focuses the graph view on nodes in the selected layer (also available in the More menu).

- Filter - Lets you filter the view by node type, such a tool node or input node. When you load a WIRE file, the History View populates a list of tool nodes contained in the file. By default, all of the nodes are on for filtering. To focus the view on a specific tool node, turn off the filtering for all other tool nodes.

- Setting - Access the Settings menu:

  • View All - Show all objects with history.
  • View Picked - Show only the picked objects with history.
  • View By Layer - Show only the objects with history on the layers selected in the Object Lister or Layer Bar.
  • Affecting Picked - Show the objects contributing to the history of the picked objects.
  • Affected by Picked - Show the objects which were created from the picked objects.
  • Collapse All - Collapse all objects.
  • Expand All - Expand all objects.
  • Sort by Type - Group operations together on the list by the tool used.
  • Sort by Creation - Group operations together on the list by the order of creation.

- More - Access the More menu.

More menu

  • Suspend Global - Suspend construction history updates for all objects.
  • Suspend Selected - Suspend construction history updates for the picked objects (also available in the context menu).
  • Resume Global - Resume construction history updates for all objects.
  • Resume Selected - Resume construction history updates for the picked objects (also available in the context menu).
  • Pick Inputs - Pick the object(s) used to create the selected operations (also available in the context menu).
  • Pick Outputs - Pick the object(s) created by the selected operations (also available in the context menu).
  • Query Edit - Open the control options of the selected command node to display its construction history (also available in the context menu).
  • Revert History - Select this to undo and remove history from selected tool nodes and revert any edits applied to the input geometry by the tool node. Use this option to undo and remove history on multiple tools nodes at the same time (also available in the context menu).
  • Delete Selected History - Delete the selected construction history and leaves the input geometry unchanged (also available in the context menu).

History View workflows

Sort the objects by the tool used to create them

  • To group objects created by the same tool together, open the history window’s Settings menu and choose Sort By Type.
  • To list objects normally (roughly in the order you created them), turn off Sort By Type.

View how an object was created

  1. In the History View window’s Settings menu, choose View Picked.

  2. Pick the object.

  3. Click the arrow next to the name of the object.

    The list shows the operation’s constructors (inputs) and target (output).

    Tip: Press and hold the LMB on the name of an object in the History View window to highlight the object in the modeling windows.

Change the tool options used to create an object

  • In the History View window, click the tool icon next to the name of the object to access the tool options used to create the object.

Edit tool option history by clicking an object

  1. Choose Query Edit.

  2. Click the object, either in the view or in the Object Lister (Windows > Object Lister).

    If the object has editable history, the Query Edit tool will automatically select the appropriate tool for editing.

Delete construction history

Breaks the links between the picked object and any objects that you used to create it.

  1. Pick the object from which you want to delete construction history.
  2. Click the Delete icon in the toolbar. You can also select Delete History from the context menu or the More menu.

Suspend and resume construction history updates

  • To suspend history updates on all objects, either click the Suspend History icon in the toolbar or open the More menu and choose Suspend Global. To affect only the picked objects, choose Suspend Selected.

    Suspended construction history is indicated by this icon: .

  • To resume history updates on all objects, either click the Suspend History icon in the toolbar or choose Resume Global. To affect only the picked objects, choose Resume Selected.

Parent page: Windows menu