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The Schematic View window now clearly shows the object node. 4 On the List Views menu, choose Show Occurrences. The List viewer displays the Object Occurrences dialog. This is a sortable list. You can click the header title to sort by it. NOTE Object Occurrence is being used as an example here. You can use any of the List View menu choices to display a list of objects based on a certain relationship. 5 On the Options menu choose Pan to Selected. Now click through the nodes in the list. The Schematic View window updates to display each node as you click. This method makes navigation of very complex scenes much more convenient. Also when working with lists such as relationships or instances you have the additional ability to detach the relationship or make the instance unique. To arrange the nodes in Schematic View to match the viewport: It can be useful sometimes to arrange the nodes in the Schematic View the same as in the viewport. There is a script that can do this for you. In this example we'll use the bones of a character rig. 1 Using Windows Explorer, copy \3dsmax\scripts\maxscripttools\macro_schematicviewtools.mcr into \3dsmax\ui\macroscripts. 2 Restart 3ds Max. 3 On the Customize menu, choose Customize User Interface. 4 Click the Quads tab, then choose the Schematic View category from the drop-down list on the right 5 Drag the action named Project into Schematic View in the Schematic View quad menu (any quad you like). 6 Drag the Spacing Tool item into Schematic View's quad menu. 7 On the Graph Editors menu, choose New Schematic View. 8 In any viewport (other than Perspective or User), select the bones of the rig that you want to arrange. 7414 | Chapter 23 Managing Scenes and Projects