Select By Name

Main toolbar > Open Track View > Track View status bar > Select by Name

Graph Editors menu > Track View > Open Track View > Track View status bar > Select by Name

With Select By Name you can select tracks in the Hierarchy window by entering the track names (including optional wildcards) in the editable field. If the Controller Type display is active in the Filters options, you can specify by controller type as well.

Procedure

To select and display position tracks for three objects:

1. Create three boxes.

   By default, the boxes are named Box01, Box02, and Box03.

2. On the main toolbar, click Open Track View.

3. In the Track View Hierarchy list, right-click Objects and choose Expand All in the dialog.

4. In the Select By Name field, type (Box*)p.

   All the position tracks are selected.

5. On the Track View toolbar, right-click Filters and choose Selected Tracks Only in the dialog.

   The position tracks for the three boxes are displayed at the top of the Hierarchy list.

Interface

Select by Name: Selects tracks in the Hierarchy list by name.

• The name selection is not sensitive to case, except for text within parentheses.

• Only those tracks that are open and displayed can be selected.

• You can use wildcard characters. For example:

  Box selects all objects with Box in the beginning of the name.

  (Cone01)Position selects only the Position track under Cone01.

  (Cone*)Position selects the Position track under all objects that begin with "Cone"