■ Templated: you can “template” objects in the scene so they are still visible,
but cannot be transformed or picked. Nodes for templated objects do not
change their appearance; however, when the object is picked, in the view
windows, it will be pink. When inactive, gray.
The Object Lister window
To view and pick using the Object Lister window
1 On the Windows menu, choose Object Lister.
The Object Lister window appears.
The graph in the window is the diagram representing the current scene.
2 Use the scroll bar on the left to move through the graph.
The nodes are labelled with their names and icons showing their types.
3 Click a geometry node in the Object Lister window.
The corresponding object in the scene becomes picked.
Pick > Object and Pick > Component
Unlike in the modeling windows, you can use either Pick > Object or Pick >
Component to select whole objects or parts of objects in the Object Lister. In
this section, you will compare picking in the modeling window with picking
in the Object Lister.
To pick using Pick > Object and Pick > Component
1 Choose Pick > Nothing .
2 In the Object Lister window, click the plus (+) sign beside the cube to
open its representation.
You can see that the cube is constructed of six planes that are grouped.
3 Choose Pick > Object and pick the cube in a view window.
4 In the Object Lister window, you can see that the grouping node is
picked.
5 Choose Pick > Component .
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