The Hierarchy Editor

The Hierarchy Editor shows every parent/child relationship and every scene element and their various parameters, from lights and cameras to morphs and deformers. You can also view the IK chain settings and external names of each item. The Hierarchy Editor also displays buttons that allow you to configure standard hierarchy, rotation order, IK chains, and new figure.

A scene’s hierarchy describes the parent-child relationships of all objects in your scenes.

Please refer to Poser Figures Hierarchy for more information about hierarchies in general.

Body parts or props that are physically located at a seam are generally contained in either a parent or child object. The scene’s hierarchy also defines data like joint rotation orders and IK relationships.

A Poser document’s hierarchy contains:

• The complete list of all objects in the scene’s universe, including figures, props, body parts, lights, and cameras.
• Hierarchical connections (parent/child relationships) between scene objects.
• Parameters, including rotation, translation, morph targets, and Point At (see Point At ).
• IK chains.

See the following sections for additional information about the Hierarchy Editor.

• Poser Figures Hierarchy
• Using the Hierarchy Editor
• Filtering the Display
• Working with Hierarchy Branches
• Reordering Scene Elements
• Establishing Hierarchal Relationships
• Applying the Standard Hierarchy
• Creating IK Chains