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Visual cues: Expressions and constraints in your scene

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Summary

Here are two ways of finding the Expressions and Constraints in your scene.

Steps

Method 1

In the Schematic View:

• Expressions display a letter E above their node.
• A green line links the objects that are affected by the Expression.
• A letter C is displayed above the constrained nodes.
• A blue line links the objects that are affected by the Constraint.

Note: A letter A symbolises an animated node.

Method 2

In a viewport with one of the Geometry views set (i.e. Front, Top, etc.) and Show > Relations enabled:

• Select a constrained object: a line linking it to it's constraining object will be displayed.
• Select the link and hit Enter to open up the Constraints Property Page.
• Select an object that is affected by an expression: if the expression is one that is relative to another object, e.g. cone.kine.local.roty = cone.kine.local.rotx * 2, an expression link will be displayed.
• Selecting the link to display a popup dialogue showing the expressions, as illustrated:

A is the link and B is the expression associated to the link.

• Select an expression from the pop-up menu to access to the Expression Editor.

Applies To: XSI 1.0 on NT,Win2K,Irix

Posted: 11/22/2000

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