Autodesk 663B1-05A111-1001 User Guide - Page 397

13 | Basics Windows and Editors Reference > Hypergraph overview Tip A dotted line in the scene hierarchy indicates a connection to an underworld node or an instanced object. Layout Restores the hierarchy arrangement to the original Input and Output Connection layout. Rebuild Update your scene hierarchy or dependency graphs when it does not update automatically. For example, if you add an object to a scene and it doesn't appear in the scene hierarchy, rebuild the graphs to make the scene hierarchy aware of the object's presence. Increase/Decrease Depth Traversal Limit You can limit the number of nodes graphed in the connection mode of the Hypergraph. By default, depth traversal is unlimited (set to -1). Use the Hypergraph > Graph > Increase Depth Traversal and Hypergraph > Graph > Decrease Graph Traversal to increase or decrease the depth traversal. You can also use the arrows or enter an integer into the numeric field of the Hypergraph menu bar to change the depth traversal value. Click the Unlimited button or set the number to -1 to remove the depth traversal limit. Note Use the MEL command Hypergraph, -lgt/limitGraphTraversal, to limit the number of nodes only in connection mode. The flag takes a single integer value. hyperGraph -e -lgt 0 [HyperGraphControlName]; This sets the traversal limit to 0 for the specified Hypergraph. The default value is set to -1 (no depth limit). Rendering Menu Show ShadingGroups/ Show Materials/ Show Textures/ Show Lights You can show connections to shading groups, materials, textures, and lights. See Rendering for details. Example Suppose you create a NURBS sphere, then use the Hypershade to create and assign a Phong shading group to it. Next you use the Hypershade to create a 2D checker texture and assign it to the Phong node. Basics 397