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Glossary

hierarchy

1. In general, the arrangement of parent-child relationships for all connected nodes that make up an object (also known as object hierarchy) or a scene (also known as DAG or scene hierarchy).

• Scene hierarchy
• Select objects based on hierarchy
• View and edit the hierarchy of nodes

2. In animation, a hierarchy of joint chains.

Also known as skeleton hierarchy.

• Skeleton hierarchy

3. In subdivision modeling, the number of levels in a subdivision surface.

In other software packages, known as mesh smooth.

• What are subdivision surfaces
• Subdiv Surfaces > Collapse Hierarchy