Static Light Table: Displaying Selected Drawings

As you create your drawings, you may need to see drawings from other elements in your scene so you can figure out how to draw the new drawing. While you can use the Onion Skin to see next and previous drawings in the same element, you can’t use them to see drawings in other element columns.

To display specific drawings from other elements in the Drawing View, you can place them in the Static Light Table. The Static Light Table displays a paler version of the selected drawing in the Drawing View window while you work on other drawings.

If you change the drawings that appear in the Static Light Table panel, the Static Light Table panel updates its contents immediately.

To add a drawing to the Static Light Table:

1. Click the Static Light Table button in the Exposure Sheet window.

The Static Light Table panel appears at the bottom of the Exposure Sheet window.

2. Drag the cell that contains the drawing or image you want to display into the Static Light Table panel.

A thumbnail of the selected drawing appears in the Static Light Table and the drawing appears slightly dimmed in the Drawing View window (unless you have it currently selected, in which case it appears in full color).

3. To remove drawings in the Static Light Table, you have two options:

To remove selected drawings, [Control]-click the selected drawing and select Delete from the pop-up menu.
To remove all the drawings, [Control]-click anywhere in the Static Light Table and select Delete All from the pop-up menu.