Created by James Hurrell on Apr 16, 2021

Viewing paths between objects

If you have a large number of objects displayed in a Graphical View, you can use Enlighten's built in feature to highlight the various paths between two objects. A second option enables you to view all objects "involved" in a path between two objects.

Highlighting paths

To highlight a path between objects:
  1. In the Graphical View, select the two objects you require.
  2. Right click either of the two objects and select Selection > Highlight paths between X and Y (where X and Y equal the names of the two objects you have selected).
  3. Enlighten will then calculate all possible paths between the two objects and highlight them in the Graphical View as shown in the image below.

Notes

  • The colored spots indicate the various paths between the two selected objects.
  • These spots will "move" between the two selected objects until you disable the functionality by right clicking one of the objects and selecting "Show Path" - the check mark next to this item will then be removed and the function will cease.
  • Each different colored spot indicates a different path from one object to the other.
  • When you activate the highlight path option, the Property window will update containing a report about the highlighted paths.

Selecting paths

To select automatically all objects "involved" in a path between two objects:
  1. In the Graphical View, select the two objects you require.
  2. Right click either of the two objects and select Selection > Select Path.
  3. Enlighten will then automatically select (place selection handles) all objects "involved" in the path between object X and object Y, as shown below:
See Also

Path Finder

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