Node States

• Grouped: you can group several objects. In the Object Lister, this is represented by putting the objects under an orange block.

  

• Instanced: you can duplicate an object as an “instance”. Instead of a new object, an instance is just a pointer to existing geometry. It is represented in the Object Lister as a white cube. As well, the object that has been instanced gains a node underneath.
• Compressed: as the Object Lister becomes busier, you may want to collapse a part of the graph into a single node. The node with other nodes below it has a plus sign (+) in front of it. Nodes that have been expanded and can be collapsed have a minus sign (-) in front. -click a - or + sign to expand or compress the entire hierarchy.
• Invisible: you can make objects in the scene invisible. Nodes for invisible objects have gray text.
• 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.